TERRORISM

Pittsburgh Steelers halfback Rashard Mendenhall remained a target of sharp criticism by Twitter users on Tuesday after he posted a message questioning whether news that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed should be cheered.

Prominent figures from the administration of George W. Bush have waded in on the successful killing of terrorist chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

The news that dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden is dead and was buried at sea has fueled conspiracy theories because the action of the U.S. forces gives rise to more questions than answering them.

At least a dozen of the al Qaeda’s top leaders remain in hiding in Pakistan, according to Mike Rogers, chairman of the powerful House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

In an opinion piece in the Washington Post, Zardari said his country was perhaps the world's greatest victim of terrorism.

Brent crude oil dipped below $124 a barrel on Tuesday as the dollar rose from a three-year low and traders weighed the impact on the market of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's death.

The killing of bin Laden may not be as effective a leader as he seems.

Stocks erased gains and were little changed on Monday as the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was seen as only temporarily easing geopolitical tensions.

The following is the full text of US President Barack Obama's announcement that the US has killed Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.

Shortly after 9/11, al-Qaeda had warned to set off a “nuclear hellstorm” if Osama bin Laden is ever captured or killed, according to U.S. government documents that were leaked just last month by Wikileaks.

Oil rose on Monday in choppy trading, reversing an initial price slide following news that U.S. forces killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Meet Ayman al-Zawahir, al-Qaeda's newest likely top commander.

The recent killing of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan harkens back to a statement made last summer by Secretary of State Hilary Clinton that the Islamabad government knew the whereabouts of the Al Qaeda chief.

Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden was born in March 10 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was the 17th of 52 children Muhammad Awad bin Laden, a wealthy businessman with close ties to the Saudi royal family, had.

The killing of Al-Qaeda chieftain Osama Bin Laden “deep inside” Pakistan has raised grave concerns in India about its neighbor’s harboring of terrorists and militants.

Here is a selection of comments from prominent global figures on news of the death of Osama Bin Laden:

U.S. President Barack Obama has warned Americans worldwide to brace for a retaliation from terrorist organizations after news broke out that Osama Bin Laden, one of the world's most dreaded terrorists, was early on Monday in a U.S. targeted operation carried out by CIA agents and U.S. military forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

The president addressed the nation on Sunday night.

Text of White House's official statement on Osama Bin Laden's death by President Obama: Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.

The dollar rose from three-year lows, oil fell and world stocks put in gains on Monday after news Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces swept across thinly-traded financial markets.

President Barack Obama on Sunday announced that the U.S. had killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, accused of being the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks in 2001.