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Rumors of Osama bin Laden's death have been greatly exaggerated, again. The latest tantalizing lead on the al-Qaida leader (shown here with is top lieutenant, Ayman Al-Zawahri in an image taken from a videotape broadcast on Al-Jazeera on Oct. 5, 2001) came Saturday, when a French newspaper reported on a leaked document from the French government, asserting that a Saudi source said the Saudi government believed the 52-year-old terror leader had perished of typhoid last month. Officials in the United States and other countries have since rushed to say there's no evidence to substantiate the report
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Arrests stir worry about Qaeda plots in West
LONDON (Reuters) - Their place in history assured, are al Qaeda's ageing leaders content merely to propagate their ideology and tactics among like-minded militant groups? Al Qaeda's deputy leader... (photo: AP / Courtesy of Al-Jazeera via APTN, File)
Gen. David Petraeus talks during the Landon Lecture Series at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., Monday, April 27, 2009.
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NATO chief condemns U.S. church's plans to burn Koran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of NATO on Tuesday condemned a small Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, saying it was disrespectful and could... (photo: AP / Orlin Wagner)
A child of road construction workers sits near her parent's work site, in Gurgaon, India, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. In 2006, nearly 9.7 million children died worldwide before reaching the age of 5, mostly from preventable causes such as diarrhea, malaria or malnutrition, UNICEF said in its annual report, released Tuesda  The Star 
UNICEF to boost aid efficiency by targeting poorest
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. children's foundation UNICEF plans to make the poorest and most remote regions of needy nations top priority for aid, an approach it said on Tuesday is not only... (photo: AP / Gurinder Osan)
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U.S. expects to spend big in Afghanistan for years
WASHINGTON: The U.S. government's financial commitment to Afghanistan is likely to linger and reach into the billions long after it pulls combat troops from the country, newly disclosed spending... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
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HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Major General JNR Houghton KCB CBE, Lord Crathorne Lord Lieutenant Of N Yorkshire, General Sir Richard Dannatt KCB CBE MC The Guardian
Soldiers such as Sir Richard Dannatt have a place in politics
The sight of a politician was alleged to produce in Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, the chief of the imperial general staff in 1918, a state of sexual arousal. He had... (photo: GFDL)
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Afghans burn an effigy of Dove World Outreach Center's pastor Terry Jones during a demonstration against the United States in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. National Post
Planned burning of Qur'an will 'endanger troops': Petraeus
By Sardar Ahmad, Agence France-Presse September 7, 2010 7:02 AM In an interview with Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal, Gen. Petraeus said of the plan: “It could endanger... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
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Afghan soldiers chat in front of the main office of Kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Al Jazeera
Afghan bank officers' assets frozen
Afghanistan has frozen the assets of leading shareholders and borrowers at Kabul Bank, the country's leading private bank, in the wake of the crisis sparked by the... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Afghanistan   Banking   Finance   Photos   Wikipedia: Kabul Bank
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Top US Commander: Burning Quran Endangers Troops
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned Tuesday an American church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book the Quran could... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh, File)
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Gen. David Petraeus, Commander, U.S. Central Command, is seen at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington,Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Zeenews
Koran burning will endanger US lives: Petraeus
Kabul: The US commander of the Afghan war has warned that troops' lives will be endangered if a Florida evangelical church goes ahead with a planned burning of the Koran... (photo: AP / Cliff Owen)
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A Roma rights activist holds a drawing depicting French President Nicolas Sarkozy, during a protest in front of the French embassy in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. The New York Times
East European Eyes on France's Roma Policy
PARIS — After a summer marked by a needless quarrel over how to treat their Roma population, the French seem on course for an autumn of discontent over issues much... (photo: AP / Vadim Ghirda)
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