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President Barack Obama is not expected to make any public statements when he visits Ground Zero in New York on Thursday, just days after the announcement of the death of Osama Bin Laden after U.S. forces killed him in Pakistan.

Commodity prices fell once again, and Silver Bullion sank for the fourth day in succession, losing 22.5% against the Dollar since Thursday last week - the sharpest plunge since April 1987.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Thursday are: Polypore International, Whole Foods Market, Macy's, Aeropostale, Windstream, Bristol Myers Squibb, Ion Geophysical, Marathon Oil, ConocoPhillips, Gap and Allergan.

New York City offers much to do including great bargains on spring outings.

New studies show ice in Greenland and the Arctic is melting even faster than first anticipated, raising sea levels as much as 1.6 meters (five feet) by the end of the century.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a devastating report on the prevalence of violence against women in Turkey.

US special operations forces killed Osama Bin Laden this past Thursday but the slaying is raising major concerns that the United States has gone too far in judge, juror and executioner of the world's most wanted man. Further more, the killing could work against the US to stir up more anti-American sentiment among radical militants.

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A copy of the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Facebook.

A class-action lawsuit has been filed in New York against Facebook, charging that the use of children's images in advertising

Former President George W. Bush declined an invitation from the White House to visit Ground Zero in New York with President Barack Obama on Thursday four days after the announcement of the death of Osama Bin Laden.

Nissan Motors has bagged the contract to provide the next generation of New York's famous yellow taxis, the car-maker said in a statement.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Tuesday are: Metropcs Communication, Firstenergy Corp, Avon Products, Tenet Healthcare, Molson Coors Brewing, Caterpillar, Sears Holdings, Chesapeake Energy, Cognizant Technology Solutions and Pfizer.

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.

New Yorkers and visitors to the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan on Monday dealt with a surprise announcement late Sunday that U.S. forces had killed al-Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden, showing mixed feelings about what it meant for their safety, and justice for victims.

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

That Osama Bin Laden was found in a mansion 30 miles outside of the capital of Pakistan is shocking.

The hurried burial of Osama bin Laden's body at sea, which U.S. officials claim was done in accordance with Muslim rituals and practice, has angered some Islamic scholars even as others said the Americans did the right thing.O

Osama bin Laden was hurriedly buried at sea in accordance with Muslim rituals and practice, say U.S. officials, a claim opposed by Islamic scholars worldwide even as some Americans wonder whether he is really dead.

U.S. President Barack Obama has issued a security alert in the country and travel alert worldwide for Americans, expecting retaliatory attacks from terrorist organizations worldwide, especially Al Qaeda, after news spread that dreaded terrorist leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a targeted U.S. operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

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.