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President George W. Bush, DC '68, declared Fri., Sept. 14 a national day of "prayer and remembrance" for the victims.

Seoul, South Korea

Sirens sounded across the nation at 10 a.m. to mark a minute's silence on Friday for the victims of the terrorist attacks.

Outside the U.S. embassy in Seoul, a group of children prayed. South Korean Prime Minister Lee Han-Dong said, "Terrorism is a challenge to democracy that must not be condoned." The South Korean Foreign Ministry said all but one Korean employee of South Korean firms in the World Trade Center were safe.

London, England

At the request of Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Guards at Buckingham Palace made a special tribute to the United States: during the changing of the guard ceremony, the military band played "The Star Spangled Banner." The crowd outside responded with raucous applause.

Continental Europe

Millions of people across the continent participated in three minutes of silence. In Brussels, the president of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, and the Belgium prime minister Guy Verhofstadt led a ceremony at the heart of the European Union district. In France, the elevators in the Eiffel Tower were still for three minutes, while in Hungary, tram and taxi drivers wore black arm bands.

Kabul, Afghanistan

The reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar said that suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden could not have masterminded the terrorist attacks because they were too complex. The Taliban added it would only consider extraditing bin Laden if the U.S. provides "solid and convincing" evidence of his involvement in terrorism.

—Compiled by Matthew Ferraro from BBC reports.

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