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Flames shoot into the sky from a gas pipeline after unknown saboteurs bombed the Egyptian pipeline near the village of Al-Sabil in the El-Arish region of the Sinai.(AFP)AP – Oil prices fell sharply from 2-year highs to near $112 a barrel Monday after President Barack Obama announced that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden had been killed.


Reuters – 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.

Osama bin Laden sits during an interview with Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir (not pictured) in an image supplied by the respected Dawn newspaper November 10, 2001. Osama bin Laden is dead and his body has been recovered by U.S. authorities, U.S. officials said on Sunday. U.S. President Barack Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, had repeatedly vowed to bring to justice the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, but never did before leaving office in early 2009. REUTERS/Hamid Mir/Editor/Ausaf/Newspaper for Daily Dawn (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: DISASTER POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)Reuters – 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.


Smoke billows from the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been killed in a daring raid by US forces in Pakistan, triggering celebrations across the United States as President Barack Obama declared AFP – Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed Sunday in a daring raid by US forces in Pakistan, triggering celebrations across the United States as President Barack Obama declared “justice has been done”.


Reuters – Former President George W. Bush, who was in office at the time of the September 11 attacks and famously said he wanted Osama bin Laden dead or alive, on Sunday called the death of the al Qaeda leader a “momentous achievement.”

American flags are displayed throughout Smithville, Miss., Sunday, May 1, 2011, amid Wednesday's tornado damage.  (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP – Southerners turning to their faith to make sense of the devastation left behind by the second deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history also will be counting on the federal government for help, which Obama Cabinet members assured would come quickly.


Flames shoot into the sky from a gas pipeline after unknown saboteurs bombed the Egyptian pipeline near the village of Al-Sabil in the El-Arish region of the Sinai.(AFP)AP – 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.


The Daily Beast – Nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks, President Obama has confirmed that U.S. agents killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a firefight deep inside Pakistan on Sunday.

Reuters – Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Barack Obama announced, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the September 11 attacks.

Exclusive to Yahoo! News – By Marc Ambinder National Journal The death of Osama Bin-Laden is a transcendent moment for the country and a pivotal one for President Obama. As the president said, it “marks the most significant event in our effort to defeat Al …

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