Osama bin Laden death news leaked before Obama spoke

Washington: The White House announced that Barack Obama would address the nation at 10.30 p.m. on Sunday. But before the president took the mike, Twitter and other social networking sites were abuzz with speculation that Osama bin Laden could be dead.

How Al Qaeda Leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces

Washington : United States helicopters descended out of darkness Sunday night on the most important counter-terrorism mission in American history. It was an operation so secret that only a select few US officials knew what was about to happen. The location was a fortified compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan and target was Osama bin Laden.

PM Gilani says intelligence sharing was involved in US operation to kill Osama bin Laden

Islamabad : Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani says intelligence sharing was involved in United States operation to kill Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a remote hilly area of Abbotabad early Monday.

Hockey: India, Pakistan to play hockey series this year: Rehman Malik

Karachi : Bilateral hockey ties between India and Pakistan are almost certain to be revived this year with both the countries playing three matches apiece on either side of the border,

Cricket: ICC refuses to take Sutherland’s comment notice

Karachi : The International Cricket Council (ICC) has refused to act on a PCB complaint against Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland for stating that Pakistan was not doing enough to curb corruption in cricket, saying that it was matter between the two boards.

Us-Pakistan "cooperated in making sure" that operation leading to Osama bin Laden's death is "successful": Husain Haqqani

Washington : Pakistan's ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani says both countries "cooperated in making sure" that the operation leading to Osama bin Laden's death was "successful.

Karachi in grip of violence: 3 more killed, 23 vehicles set on fire

KARACHI : Violence erupted after the killing of MQM leader in Landhi area on Monday and at least three more people were killed and many others injured in firing incidents, say police. Unidentified miscreants also set on fire some 20 busses and resorted to aerial firing in different parts of the city.

Cricket : Ranatunga vows to shed more light on match-fixing

LAHORE : Former captain of the Sri Lankan team,Arjuna Ranatunga has also jumped into the arena opened by histeam-mate Hashan Tillekaratne and vowed to expose cricketersinvolved in match-fixing. Ranatunga, t

World on alert after U.S. kills Osama bin Laden

WASHINGTON/ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. assault on his Pakistani compound on Monday, then quickly buried at sea, in a dramatic end to the long manhunt for the al Qaeda leader who had become the most powerful symbol of global terrorism.

Osama bin Laden eliminated in 40-minute operation in Abbottabad

Washington: In an operation straight out of Hollywood movies, four helicopters carrying elite US commandos swooped on a three-storey house in the Pakistan town of Abbottabad in the dead of night and after a 40-minute operation left unharmed carrying the body of world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden.

Alliance with PML-Q conducive to Pak national interest: PM Gilani

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has termed the alliance between Pakistan's People Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) as crucial to national interests to achieve stability.

The reconciliation between PPP-MQM likely: Sources

The possibility of Muttahida Quami Movement(MQM) rejoining the coalition seem imminent following the approval of Deputy Convener, Dr. Farroq Sattar's decision by party's chief, Altaf Hussain and party's coordination committee, reported Daily Times on Sunday.

Facebook used in 90 percent of divorces

Social networking sites are becoming primary source of evidence in divorce proceedings, according to US lawyers.

4 die in Pakistan mosque blast

Islamabad  : At least four people were killed and eight others injured when an explosion ripped through a mosque in a Pakistani town Monday, a private TV reported.

Osama bin Laden death is 'huge' for Obama

Washington/New York : US media reported the 'dramatic' announcement of Osama bin Laden's killing by American forces sparking an outpour of jubilant celebrations outside the White House and at Ground Zero among other places with big bold banner headlines.

DNA testing proves Osama bin Laden death: US officials

Washington: The Obama administration used DNA testing and other means to confirm that elite American forces in Pakistan had in fact killed Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, officials said on Monday, as the world absorbed the stunning news.

Osama bin Laden's death a powerful message to terror groups: Hillary Clinton

Washington  Osama bin Laden's death delivered a powerful message to terrorist groups that they cannot defeat the US, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared Monday.

Osama bin Laden death news leaked before Obama spoke

Washington : The White House announced that Barack Obama would address the nation at 10.30 p.m. Sunday. But before the president took the mike, Twitter and other social networking sites were abuzz with speculation that Osama bin Laden could be dead.

Oil falls below $113 after Osama bin Laden killed

SINGAPORE – Oil prices eased off 2 1/2 year highs to below $113 a barrel Monday after President Barack Obama announced that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden had been killed.

Haiti again feels pinch of rising food prices

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Marie Bolivar, a gray-haired woman with a raspy voice, crushes peanuts into paste for sandwiches which she sells by the roadside for 12 cents apiece. These days the paste is thinner, because the price of peanuts has jumped by 80 percent.

Syria arrests hundreds, shells Deraa into submission

 Security forces arrested hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators in cities across Syria after taking control of the city of Deraa, cradle of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's autocratic rule.

Shahid Afridi warns against complacency in ODI series against Windies

Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is warning against complacency as his team look to maintain their winning momentum in the five-match ODI series against West Indies.

ICC needs to find new ways to curb match-fixing: Imran Khan

Karachi: Pakistan's former cricket captain Imran Khan believes the ICC will have to adopt new ways to curb the menace of match-fixing as it is very difficult to detect and prove.

Osama bin Laden killing casts doubt on Pakistan loyalties

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan — The killing of Osama bin Laden by US forces at a palatial villa near the capital raised fresh questions Monday over Pakistan's loyalties in the war against Al-Qaeda.

Taliban threaten US, Pakistan over Osama bin Laden

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan's main Taliban faction on Monday threatened to attack Pakistan and the United States after the US confirmed that Osama bin Laden had been killed near the Pakistani capital.

Why a class of diabetes drugs boosts weight gain

Researchers have determined why a certain class of diabetes drugs boost weight gain and have found that the molecular system involved (PPAR-gamma found in the brain) is also triggered by consumption of high-fat foods.

Wrong to say Pakistan harboured Laden: Ex-ISI chief Hamid Gul

Islamabad : Former chief of Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Hamid Gul Monday said it was wrong to say that the Pakistani establishment 'harboured' Osama bin Laden, who was killed in a daring attack by American forces in Pakistan's Abbottabad city.

Scientists unlock secret of cellular communication

London : Most of the body's cells communicate with one another by sending electrical signals through nano-thin membrane tubes.

Threats to US appear on Al Qaeda-linked website

Washington : Threats against the US have appeared on a website linked with terror outfit Al Qaeda,

High gas prices lead to decline in traffic accidents

Rising gas prices create an accompanying decline in all traffic accidents, including drunk-driving crashes, according to a study by Mississippi State's Social Science Research Center.

Kids with TVs in their bedrooms 'likelier to be overweight'

Children with TVs in their bedrooms are more likely to be overweight, a new small study of Hispanic children has found.

US, NATO: Osama bin Laden death won't end Afghan mission

U.S. and NATO officials sought to reassure Afghans on Monday that the death of Osama bin Laden will not weaken the international commitment to fighting the Taliban insurgency, even as Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the strike in Pakistan shows that the fight against terrorism should focus more outside his country's borders.

Scientists estimate sea level rise by studying past carbon dioxide levels

A team of scientists have found how an estimate of the sea level rise can be made by looking at atmospheric carbon dioxide levels 3 million years ago.

President Barack Obama kept Pakistan in dark about Osama attack

Washington : US President Barack Obama chose to keep Pakistan in the dark about the operation to attack and kill Osama bin Laden, the New York Times reported Monday.

Osama bin Laden lived in $1 mn mansion

New York : Osama bin Laden was not hiding in a cave in the mountains of Pakistan as people thought but lived in a massive mansion worth $1 million, the New York Times reported.

Osama bin Laden was living in luxurious mansion in Abbottabad

Washington: World's most wanted terrorist was not killed in a cave but in a two-storey house just yards from Pakistan's Military Academy in Abbottabad, a town close to the capital Islamabad, with reports saying that he fired at the US commandos as they swooped down on his hideout.

Osama bin Laden resisted assault, was shot in the head

Washington: Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was shot in the head during the assault by US forces at a mansion in Pakistan's Abbottabad city, a media report said on Monday.

Osama bin Laden death: US conducting DNA tests

The United States is reportedly conducting DNA testing on the body of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Osama bin Laden killing: Obama says 'Justice has been done'

US President Barack Obama has said that with the killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin "Justice has been done."

Tehrik-e-Taliban says Osama bin Laden alive

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has denied the reports that Osama Bin Laden was killed, Geo News reported.

Surprised that Osama in Abbottabad: Pervez Musharraf

London : Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf said Monday that he was surprised Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was in Abbottabad, just a short distance from the capital Islamabad.

Osama bin Laden death: Pak says raid 'in accordance with declared US policy'

The Pakistan government on Monday said that the operation carried out by the US to find and kill Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was conducted in accordance with declared policy of that country.

Osama bin Laden death: President Zardari, PM Gilani, Pak security chiefs in emergency talks

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has convened an emergency meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and security chiefs following US confirmation that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Osama bin Laden's body buried at sea: US official

Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's body has been buried at sea, as the United States does not want his burial place to become a terrorist shrine, a US official has said.

Did Pakistan know of US raid to kill Osama bin Laden?

Washington : There was intense speculation Monday on whether the US had kept Islamabad in the know when it decided to stage a daring assault on Pakistan's Abbotabad city to kill Osama bin Laden.

Pak distances itself from operation that killed Osama bin Laden

Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday appeared to have distanced itself from the operation that killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, with authorities here saying that it was a US intelligence-driven operation.

When Pakistan denied Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan

New Delhi:  As late as six months ago, Pakistan vehemently denied that Osama bin Laden was hiding in its territory.

Inside the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

WASHINGTON – Helicopters descended out of darkness on the most important counterterrorism mission in U.S. history. It was an operation so secret, only a select few U.S. officials knew what was about to happen.

The location was a fortified compound in an affluent Pakistani town two hours outside Islamabad. The target was Osama bin Laden.

Osama bin Laden killed in fiery raid in Pakistan

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – Four helicopters swooped in early Monday and killed Osama bin Laden in a fiery American raid on his fortress-like compound in a Pakistani town that is home to three army regiments. His location raised pointed questions of whether Pakistani authorities knew the whereabouts of the world's most wanted man.

Pakistan PM Gilani says bin Laden killing 'great victory'

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told AFP in an interview on Monday that the US killing of Osama bin Laden, not far from the Pakistani capital, was a "great victory".

Threat remains after Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. forces

WASHINGTON  – President Barack Obama warned Americans on Sunday night to remain vigilant even after the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and while there are no known credible threats, the risk of attacks remains.

Osama bin Laden killed in shootout with U.S. forces in Pakistan

WASHINGTON/ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan  – Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S.-led operation involving helicopters and ground forces in Pakistan on Sunday, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the September 11 attacks.