New York, Sept. 26 : New York Port Authority officials have developed a proposal to complete the 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero in time for the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack.

Officials now say that the authority, which is overseeing the rebuilding effort, can have most elements of the memorial — a broad landscaped plaza, waterfalls that flow into two underground chambers where the twin towers stood, and parapet walls lined with the names of those killed in the attacks in 2001 and in 1993 — completed by August 
2011.

This is possible in part because of a new, simplified design for a vast transit mezzanine that would sit beneath the northeast corner of the memorial plaza, reports the New York Times.

United Nations, Sept 26: The US’ strikes on Pakistani soil were not eliminating terrorists, but actually serving to empower the forces against which Pakistan and America were fighting together, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said in his UN address in New York last evening.

New York, Sept 26: The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will address the 63rd session of the United National General Assembly after midnight.

In the backdrop of the U. N. agreeing to begin inter-governmental negotiations on UN reforms next year, Dr. Singh’s address will focus on the expansion and reforms in the UN Security Council so that the world body reflects the current global realities.

New York  - The shareholders of Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the planned merger of both companies, set to create the largest airline in the world in terms of passengers.

Both companies confirmed their stockholders' decisions, which were taken in separate annual meetings.

At an annual meeting held in New York, more than 98 per cent of Northwest stockholders favoured the merger, Northwest said. Northwest is the fifth-largest airline in the United States.

New York  - Pakistan's new President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday used the UN General Assembly podium to denounce the United States for conducting unauthorized military strikes against terrorist targets inside Pakistani territory.

"Unilateral actions of great powers should not inflame the passion of allies," Zardari said in his first appearance before a body that has been used often by some world leaders to attack US foreign policies.

New York  - Wrigley shar