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War & Terrorism
Watch Now: New Home Videos from Osama bin Laden Compound Reveal Frail Images of World’s Most Wanted Terrorist
The world was offered a sneak peek Saturday of Osama bin Laden’s “home movies” — videos from inside his Pakistani compound that reveal a frail and weary depiction of the world’s most wanted terrorist. (via ABC News)
Italian University Relocates Two Students to Avoid ‘Jersey Shore’ Run-Ins
TMZ claims that students of the Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici (after the famed Reinassance ruler of Florence, nicknamed “the Magnificent”) received an email about the incoming cast of Jersey Shore. Here’s what it said.
Did The Rock Really Hear About bin Laden’s Death from His Navy Seal Cousin?
It’s common knowledge that ‘The Rock’ loves spending his spare time in Abbottabad, Pakistan, right?
Did bin Laden’s Burial at Sea Follow Muslim Law?
Was bin Laden’s burial religiously appropriate? And what’s in store for bin Laden’s afterlife? An expert weighs in.
Buffets and bin Laden: Will Ferrell Revives Bush Impersonation
Will Ferrell, famed for his genius impersonation of George W. Bush on SNL, is back and funnier than ever.
Could the bin Laden Raid Have Revealed a Secret New Helicopter?
A picture of the tail rotor of the chopper that the Navy SEALs’ Team Six detonated revealed unfamiliar features. Reports say it could be a new, secret helicopter.
Radical Indonesian Muslim Group to Hold Mass Prayer for bin Laden
The Islamic Defenders Front, a radical Indonesian Muslim group in Jakarta, announced plans to hold “a mass prayer for Bin Laden,” CNN reports.
Osama’s Hideout Location: A Mundane, Cricket-Loving College Town
Abbottabad is now that unlikely place where America’s most wanted was captured. It may be hard for Westerners to imagine it as anything else. But to Pakistanis, it was just another picturesque mountain town with a lot of …
The Unlikeliest Post-Osama Anthem: Miley Cyrus’ ‘Party in the U.S.A.’
Every celebration needs a theme song. But why did many flock to Miley?
Abu Ahmad: The Courier Who Led America to Osama bin Laden
U.S. officials have told CNN that the identity of the courier who led U.S. special forces to hunt and kill Osama bin Laden was a Kuwaiti named Abu Ahmad.
With bin Laden Dead, Teacher Shaves for First Time Since Sept. 11, 2001
Razors never looked so good as they did on Monday for Garry Weddle, a middle school teacher in Ephrata, Wash.