Monday, May 2, 2011

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Courier who led US to Osama bin Laden's hideout identified

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:18 PM PDT

A diplomatic source has told CNN that the courier, who was in close contact with Osama bin Laden and who eventually led the United States to him, was a Kuwaiti named Abu Ahmad.

U.S. spies dig into data from bin Laden raid

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:11 PM PDT

U.S. intelligence officers are digging through a cache of computer equipment and data taken in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in hopes it will yield leads on other al Qaeda leaders and plots, according to American officials.

Salmonella scare prompts grape tomato recall

Posted: 02 May 2011 10:36 PM PDT

Taylor Farms Pacific, Inc., a California-based food supplier for six retail chain stores, has announced the recall of grape tomatoes produced by a grower who said the vegetables might be contaminated with salmonella.

Middle East reacts cautiously to bin Laden death

Posted: 02 May 2011 10:35 PM PDT

News of the death of Osama bin Laden sparked late-night celebrations in the United States -- but the response in the Arab world has been more cautious and subdued.

Conservatives appear to be winning Canada's election

Posted: 02 May 2011 10:21 PM PDT

Canada's Conservative Party was riding to a definitive victory as results from national elections came in early Tuesday.

A sleepy Pakistani city awakes to violence, a unique place in history

Posted: 02 May 2011 09:13 PM PDT

Life tends to be simpler, slower, safer in Abbottabad than in many Pakistani cities.

Army Corps starts to blow up levee, flood 130,000 acres in Missouri

Posted: 02 May 2011 08:53 PM PDT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began explosions Monday night at the Birds Point-New Madrid levee at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

Twitter user unknowingly reported bin Laden attack

Posted: 02 May 2011 07:38 PM PDT

As U.S. forces in Pakistan swooped in on Osama bin Laden on Sunday, at least one Twitter user was unknowingly reporting details of the raid.

No obvious replacement to succeed bin Laden as al Qaeda's leader

Posted: 02 May 2011 07:30 PM PDT

The death of Osama bin Laden does not necessarily mean the death of al Qaeda, the terrorist network he founded, though experts say none of his most likely successors offer the same combination of charisma, cash and credibility among militant Muslims.

What Europe makes of bin Laden's death

Posted: 02 May 2011 07:22 PM PDT

While Americans took to the streets to celebrate the killing of Osama bin Laden with flag-waving, cheering and chants of "U.S.A., U.S.A", the reaction in Europe Monday was more muted.

Sony: PC game network was also hacked

Posted: 02 May 2011 07:21 PM PDT

Sony said the Internet security breach targeting its networks was more extensive than originally thought.

6 Boy Scouts, 2 troop leaders missing in Arkansas National Forest

Posted: 02 May 2011 07:08 PM PDT

A Boy Scout troop from Lafayette, Louisiana, is missing after camping this weekend in a national forest in Arkansas.

Osama bin Laden's death: How should we feel?

Posted: 02 May 2011 06:52 PM PDT

You may be relieved or even ecstatic about the end of a symbol of terror, or maybe it seems like the pain is just beginning all over again.

For one day, anyway, Republicans praise Obama

Posted: 02 May 2011 06:33 PM PDT

For one day at least, conservative voices united in grudging praise of President Barack Obama over the U.S. special forces operation that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

'No land alternative' prompts bin Laden sea burial

Posted: 02 May 2011 06:33 PM PDT

Osama bin Laden was buried at sea from the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier because there was no alternative to bury him on land within the 24 hours required by Islamic law, President Barack Obama's homeland security and counterterrorism adviser said Monday.

For U.S., Pakistan, bin Laden death presents crisis and opportunity

Posted: 02 May 2011 06:26 PM PDT

Although the Obama administration says Pakistan was not involved or given advance warning about the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, top U.S. officials said the al-Qaeda leader never would have been found and killed without the counter-terrorism cooperation between the two countries over the past few years.

Attack on Osama bin Laden was years in the making

Posted: 02 May 2011 06:25 PM PDT

In the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden, a picture is emerging of a long, complex, dangerous and circuitous route to the compound that was the site of the special forces attack.

Obama hopes unifying pride carries over to political debate

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:46 PM PDT

The national unity that emerged in reaction to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has frayed in recent years, but some of it reappeared with the news that U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama told a dinner for congressional leaders Monday night.

Obama watched live video of bin Laden raid, U.S. official says

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:32 PM PDT

As special-operations military troops prepared for a firefight about 7,000 miles away, President Barack Obama entered a room in the Washington area early in the afternoon on Sunday to follow along.
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