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If there is a day that a “war on terror” can end, it might have been yesterday. The killing of Osama bin Laden is unlikely to end the threat of the terrorism he inspired, it […] […]

Travellers to Europe will face extra security over the next few days in the wake of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden’s death. Interpol has warned of possible retaliatory attacks for the US killing of the […] […]

THE Swiss government says it has identified potential assets to be frozen worth 830 million Swiss francs ($A872.9 million) belonging to Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi and the ousted presidents of Egypt and Tunisia. Foreign Minister […] […]

FORCES loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have launched a new armoured incursion into the besieged rebel city Misrata as his son, killed in a NATO-led air strike, was buried in Tripoli. AFP correspondents heard […] […]

SECRETARY-GENERAL Ban Ki-moon has called the death of Osama bin Laden “a watershed moment” in the global fight against terrorism. Ban told reporters that the United Nations will continue, with world leaders, to lead the […] […]

HUNDREDS took to the streets of Pakistan’s city of Quetta to pay homage to Osama bin Laden, chanting death to America and setting fire to a US flag, witnesses and organisers said. Angry participants belonging […] […]

RELATIVES and survivors of attacks carried out in the name of al-Qaeda in Europe and Africa have expressed joy and relief at Osama bin Laden’s death but some warned he may become a martyr who […] […]

DNA fingerprinting helped confirm Osama bin Laden was killed by American forces in Pakistan. Officials in Washington are saying that the DNA evidence provides a match with 99.9 per cent confidence. According to reports on […] […]

Crowds jammed the streets around Ground Zero early Monday to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the September 11 attacks that left deep-rooted scars on New York. Relatives of the more than […] […]

Laboratory work on DNA from Osama bin Laden continued Monday morning even as the body had been buried at sea, CNN reported. A U.S. government official did not release additional details about the burial, but […] […]