BARACK OBAMA

The Phone Call that Toppled Osama

When one of Osama Bin Laden's aides made a phone call last year, he unwittingly led U.S. pursuers to the doorstep of his boss, the world's most wanted terrorist.

Did Torture of Detainees lead to Osama Capture-Kill?

Amidst reports that Osama bin Laden was located and killed with the assistance of intelligence gather from detainees at Guantanamo Bay – some of whom were allegedly tortured via waterboarding, among other techniques – a debate is raging over the usefulness of torture.

House panel OKs new way to fund home mortgages

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A bill to create a new market for financing mortgages that would help wean the $10.6 trillion mortgage market off government support advanced in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
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We must stand with Pakistan: McCain

Senator John McCain declared that the United States must stand with Pakistan, despite the proliferation of suspicions about how that country’s military and intelligence apparatus may have helped and supported terrorists, including Osama bin Laden.
U.S. President Barack Obama

White House : Obama to visit Ground Zero on Thursday

A day after Osama's death, US President Barak Obama has announced that he will visit Ground Zero in New York to meet the victims of 9/11 terror. Obama marked the anniversary of Sept. 11 at the Pentagon in each of his two years as president until now.

World Market Overview 5/2/11

U.S. stocks kicked off May with slim losses, as the energy sector followed the price of oil lower and investors couldn't sustain a morning rally that followed the death of Osama bin Laden.

Pakistan braces for backlash from Osama killing as rumors swirl

Following the spectacular killing of Osama Bin Laden in a hideaway near the capital city of Islamabad, senior figures of Pakistan’s government reportedly convened a high-level meeting to discuss the ramifications of his death, according to a report in The Nation, an English language Pakistani daily.
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Captured on Twitter: Raid against Osama bin Laden

In the early hours of Monday, Sohaib Athar reported on Twitter that a loud bang had rattled his windows in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad, adding that he hoped it wasn't the start of something nasty.
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Stocks higher after bin Laden death, M&A action

U.S. stocks rose on Monday after President Barack Obama announced that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been killed in a firefight with U.S. forces and as a spate of proposed deals cheered investors.
Sec. of State Hillary Clinton

Clinton to Taliban: 'You Cannot Defeat Us'

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a speech on Monday after the U.S. announced it had killed Osama bin Laden, said the U.S. and allies would continue to take the fight to al-Qaida and the Taliban, saying you cannot defeat us.

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