Plans for Sept 11 anniversary taking place throughout the world

TOKYO -- In London, mourners plan to gather at a cathedral where one year ago Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair joined hundreds of Americans at a service for those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11 attacks.

In Tokyo, there will be a simpler ceremony -- the planting of a lone maple and a moment of silent prayer.

Attesting to the global impact of Sept. 11, gatherings to mark next week's anniversary are being planned around the world. Nearly 500 foreigners from 91 countries lost their lives in the terror attacks.

In Britain, which lost more citizens in the attacks than any country other than the United States, a service of remembrance and commemoration is planned at St. Paul's Cathedral.

With the shock of the terror attacks still new, thousands of people, many of them American, filled the plaza outside the cathedral on Sept. 14 last year, joining in prayers and singing hymns.

All told, 67 Britons are believed to have been killed.

The focus in Australia will be an Anglican-Catholic service at St. Christopher's Catholic Cathedral in Canberra.

On the evening of Sept. 11, a memorial service will also be held at the American Cathedral in Paris in conjunction with other events led by American religious leaders in the French capital.