Sunday, April 29, 2012

Experts fear Osama bin Laden death didn't curb terrorism threat - Detroit Free Press


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Experts fear Osama bin Laden death didn't curb terrorism threat
Detroit Free Press
By Matthew Schofield Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed May 2 in Pakistan. Experts say the group's influence is growing. / Associated Press Experts say terrorism offshoots were involved in an attempted attack in 2009 aboard a Detroit-bound ...
Al-Qaida still plots a year after Osama bin Laden's deathPensacola News Journal
Loss of leader no finish to al-QaidaMemphis Commercial Appeal
Wes Side Stories: Reminiscing a year later on the killing of Osama Bin LadenSpartan Daily
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Bin Laden's death brought 9/11 'closure' - CNN


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Bin Laden's death brought 9/11 'closure'
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By Kyle Almond, CNN It's been a year since Osama bin Laden died, and some say his terrorist organization al Qaeda is on its last legs. (CNN) -- It's not often that the White House holds a news conference late on a Sunday night.
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Year after bin Laden's death: Al-Qaeda 'far from defeated'Detroit Free Press
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Experts: Al-Qaida persists a year after bin Laden's death - Pioneer Press


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Experts: Al-Qaida persists a year after bin Laden's death
Pioneer Press
By Greg Miller WASHINGTON - As US helicopters approached in darkness a year ago, Osama bin Laden was woefully unprepared: no means of escape, no way to destroy files, no succession plan. But US intelligence analysts scouring the trove of data he left ...
GOP says Obama playing politics with bin Laden anniversaryCNN International
Year after bin Laden's death: Al-Qaeda 'far from defeated'USA TODAY
Weaker al-Qaida still plots payback for bin Laden raidAiken Standard
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Top UN truce monitor in Syria, attack on Central Bank - Reuters India


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Top UN truce monitor in Syria, attack on Central Bank
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By Dominic Evans | BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Norwegian general charged with overseeing a shaky UN-brokered truce in Syria arrived in Damascus on Sunday, boosting a monitor mission that activists say has helped ease the violence in the city of Homs, ...
UN mission head Robert Mood: Only Syrians can end violenceBBC News
Leader of the UN mission in Syria urges halt to violenceUSA TODAY
Syrian opposition: We can only retrieve civilians' bodies when UN observers comeCNN International
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GOP says Obama playing politics with bin Laden anniversary - CNN International


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GOP says Obama playing politics with bin Laden anniversary
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By Gabriella Schwarz, CNN On May 1, 2011, US President Barack Obama addresses the American people to tell them Osama bin Laden has been killed. Romney set to campaign Monday with Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire Washington (CNN) -- Days before the ...
US intelligence official says al-Qaeda affiliates biggest terror threatXinhua
Weaker al-Qaida still plots payback for US raidHouston Chronicle
'US debated joint op with Pak to nail Osama' - World News Today!San Francisco Luxury News
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UN mission head Robert Mood: Only Syrians can end violence - BBC News


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UN mission head Robert Mood: Only Syrians can end violence
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The head of the UN observer mission to Syria has warned that even 1000 unarmed observers could not end the violence in the country on their own. Arriving in Damascus, Maj Gen Robert Mood urged all sides to cease fighting and said peace must be a joint ...
Top UN truce monitor in Syria, attack on Central Bankeuronews
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French journalist missing after Colombia FARC battle - Reuters


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French journalist missing after Colombia FARC battle
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By Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta | BOGOTA (Reuters) - A French journalist reporting alongside Colombian security forces tracking drug-funded FARC rebels was injured and then disappeared after a gun battle that killed three soldiers and a police ...
French journalist captured by FARC after parachuting into junglemsnbc.com (blog)
Colombia asks rebels not to harm French reporterAFP
French journalist 'abducted' in Farc raid in ColombiaBBC News
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Bin Laden 'dyed his hair and took viagra': The lengths vain terror boss went ... - Daily Mail


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Bin Laden 'dyed his hair and took viagra': The lengths vain terror boss went ...
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By David Gardner Osama bin Laden used 'Just for Men' hair dye to fend off his encroaching grey hairs during his years on the run after the September 11 attacks. And, according to a new book, it wasn't the only item found in the al Qaeda leader's ...
Year after bin Laden's death: Al-Qaeda 'far from defeated'USA TODAY
Bin Laden's widows 'have no terror links'The Independent
Seth Jones: Al Qaeda Is Far From DefeatedWall Street Journal
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Head of UN mission in Syria urges halt to violence - The Associated Press


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Head of UN mission in Syria urges halt to violence
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By BEN HUBBARD, AP â€" 39 minutes ago BEIRUT (AP) â€" The head of the UN observer mission in Syria on Sunday called on President Bashar Assad and the country's opposition to stop fighting and allow a tenuous cease-fire to take hold. Maj. Gen.
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Nigerian extremists open fire on Christians, killing as many as 20 - Los Angeles Times


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Nigerian extremists open fire on Christians, killing as many as 20
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- A terrorist attack at a university in the northern Nigeria city of Kano on Sunday left as many as 20 Christian worshipers dead and dozens of other people wounded. Gunmen in a car and on motorcycles threw homemade bombs at ...
Church service attacked in Nigeria after Boko Haram threatsChristian Science Monitor
Witness: Gunmen attack Nigeria university campusCNN International
Red Cross: 16 killed in Nigeria university attackCBS News
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1 year after bin Laden's death: Al-Qaeda 'far from defeated' - USA TODAY


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1 year after bin Laden's death: Al-Qaeda 'far from defeated'
USA TODAY
By Jim Michaels, USA TODAY WASHINGTON â€" The death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of US Navy commandos a year ago was a setback to al-Qaeda, but the Islamic terror organization remains a potent threat around the world, intelligence experts say.
Memories of Bin Laden are fading, but his methods and ideology remainThe Guardian
The day President Obama said: 'Go get bin Laden'Christian Science Monitor
Terrorism experts: US safer with bin Laden dead, but not safeCBS News
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Pakistan reveals efforts to hunt down Osama Bin Laden - The Guardian


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Pakistan reveals efforts to hunt down Osama Bin Laden
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For almost a year, Pakistan's security establishment has been in a state of deep fury and embarrassment over the killing of Osama bin Laden. But its annoyance, US diplomats note, has not been directed at how the world's most wanted man could have lived ...
The day President Obama said: 'Go get bin Laden'Christian Science Monitor
Terrorism experts: US safer with bin Laden dead, but not safeCBS News
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Obama not politicizing bin Laden anniversary: White House - AFP


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Obama not politicizing bin Laden anniversary: White House
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By Stephanie Griffith (AFP) â€" 2 hours ago WASHINGTON â€" Barack Obama's top adviser on terrorism brushed aside criticism by the president's political opponents that he has exploited the one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden's killing for political gain ...
Romney hits back in spat over Bin LadenFinancial Times
Al Qaeda is weaker without Laden, but franchise persistsHindustan Times
Obama campaign defends bin Laden ad, as Romney adviser slams 'divisive' videoFox News
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Gunmen kill 16 at Nigerian church services - The Guardian


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Gunmen kill 16 at Nigerian church services
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Gunmen have attacked church services on a university campus in northern Nigeria, using small explosives to draw out and gun down worshippers in an assault that killed at least 16 people, officials said. The attackers targeted an old section of Bayero ...
At least 15 die in Nigeria prayer raidFinancial Times
Nigeria attack on church services kills around 20Tehran Times
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16 Killed in Nigeria University Attack - TIME


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16 Killed in Nigeria University Attack
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By AP Sunday, Apr. 29, 2012 (LAGOS, Nigeria) â€" An official with the Nigerian Red Cross says at least 16 people were killed in an attack on church services at a university campus in the country's north. Andronicus Adeyemo said there were also a number ...
Nigerian Christian worshippers targeted by Islamic terroristsTelegraph.co.uk
Red Cross: 16 killed in Nigeria at university church serviceUSA TODAY
16 die in attack on Nigeria churchThe Press Association
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Red Cross: 16 killed in Nigeria at university church service - USA TODAY


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Red Cross: 16 killed in Nigeria at university church service
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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) â€" An official with the Nigerian Red Cross says at least 16 people were killed in an attack on church services at a university campus in the country's north. By Gbemiga Olamika, AP A police officer points at the site of a bomb ...
Nigerian Christian worshippers targeted by Islamic terroristsTelegraph.co.uk
Gunmen target Catholic Mass at Nigerian university, killing 16Globe and Mail
Red Cross: 16 killed in Nigeria university attackThe Associated Press
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7 killed at Nigeria university worship service - The Associated Press


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7 killed at Nigeria university worship service
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By JON GAMBRELL, AP â€" 2 minutes ago KANO, Nigeria (AP) â€" Gunmen attacked a Catholic Mass on a university campus Sunday in northern Nigeria, using small explosives to draw worshippers out before shooting those who fled, killing at least seven people, ...
Witnesses Say 15 Killed in Nigerian Church AttackVoice of America
Attack on Christians in Nigeria kills 15: witnessHindustan Times
Red Cross: 16 killed in Nigeria university attackAtlanta Journal Constitution
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UN: More Observers Needed 'Quickly' in Syria - Voice of America


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UN: More Observers Needed 'Quickly' in Syria
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April 29, 2012 UN: More Observers Needed 'Quickly' in Syria VOA News The UN says it is in dire need of more peace observers to deploy quickly in Syria. The world body has so far deployed about a dozen permanent observers to several towns throughout the ...
New UN observers' chief arrives in SyriaXinhua
Syrian opposition: We can only retrieve civilians' bodies when UN observers comeCNN
UN Syria observers visit Homs neighborhoodBoston.com
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Syrian opposition: We can only retrieve civilians' bodies when UN observers come - CNN International


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Syrian opposition: We can only retrieve civilians' bodies when UN observers come
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By the CNN Wire Staff Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, head of the UN observer mission in Syria, is expected to arrive Sunday (CNN) -- While the death toll in Syria escalates despite international monitors in the country, the newly-appointed head of the UN ...
UN Syria observers visit Homs neighborhoodBoston.com
UN observers seeking to shore up shaky Syria cease-fire visit embattled ...Washington Post
Gunmen hit Syrian army from sea, Moscow slams rebelsReuters
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Weaker Al Qaeda still plots payback for US raid - Fox News


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Weaker Al Qaeda still plots payback for US raid
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May 2: A photo taken by a local resident shows the wreckage of a helicopter next to the wall of the compound where, according to officials, Osama bin Laden was shot and killed in a firefight with US forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Weaker al-Qaida still dreams of payback a year after US military raid killed ...Washington Post
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UN urges respect for Syria truce as toll mounts - AFP


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UN urges respect for Syria truce as toll mounts
AFP
DAMASCUS â€" UN observers said on Sunday that it was "extremely important" that all sides respect a promised ceasefire in Syria as a veteran peacekeeper flew in to take command after a new day of bloodshed. A mission spokesman said that an advance party ...
UN observers seeking to shore up shaky Syria cease-fire visit embattled ...Washington Post
UN Syria observers visit Homs neighborhoodThe Daily Star
Syrian Violence Continues as Monitoring Chief Heads to CountryVoice of America
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Syria derides UN chief as peace plan in crisis - Hindustan Times


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Syria derides UN chief as peace plan in crisis
Hindustan Times
PTI Syria has derided UN chief Ban Ki-moon as biased and called his comments "outrageous" after he blamed the regime for widespread cease-fire violations, the latest sign of trouble for an international peace plan many expect to fail. forces battled ...
Lebanon Says Ship Was Taking Arms To Syria RebelsRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
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Syria government accused of continuing shellingeuronews
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Huge rally raises question on Malaysia poll timing - MiamiHerald.com


Huge rally raises question on Malaysia poll timing
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By EILEEN NG AP KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A massive street rally demanding electoral reforms in Malaysia raised questions Sunday about when the long-ruling coalition government will call elections in the face of such a strong show of force by the ...

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7 killed as bus crashes on way to Tokyo Disneyland - USA TODAY


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7 killed as bus crashes on way to Tokyo Disneyland
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Kyodo News via AP Kyodo News via AP TOKYO (AP) â€" A bus carrying dozens of holidaymakers has crashed on a highway while heading for Tokyo Disneyland, killing seven passengers. Police say the other 38 passengers and the 43-year-old driver were injured, ...
7 people killed as bus carrying holidaymakers crashes on its way to Tokyo ...Washington Post
Tokyo Disneyland trip turns to tragedySydney Morning Herald

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