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Oil's slide may be a mixed blessing

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After all the angst over pricey oil and the threat it posed to the global economy, it is hard to see the recent slide as anything but a welcome reprieve.

Obama: Bin Laden Had Help in Pakistan

President Barack Obama said in an interview Osama bin Laden had some support network in Pakistan and said it would take investigations from both the United States and Pakistan to determine exactly who.
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Pentagon videos show vainglorious bin Laden's squalid life: (PHOTOS)

A vainglorious Osama Bin Laden dyed his beard black and put on golden robes when he appeared before camera to record his ominous messages to his followers and adversaries from a hideous den in Pakistan. New video footages released by the Pentagon shows the terror mastermind squatting in a squalid room with bare minimum furnishings and a 14-inch TV set, holding a television remote.
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Volcker warns of danger from U.S. deficits

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker warned on Friday that trillion-dollar deficits posed a threat to the stability of the U.S. economy and the dollar, and said he is frustrated by the gridlock in Washington.
Under A Full Moon

NASA delays shuttle launch again

The final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour hit yet another snag as engineers battle to resolve an electrical problem that continues to delay the mission.
Police officers observe the scene inside the main terminal of Frankfurt`s airport

Obama Ground Zero Visit: Crowds Gather after Bin Laden Death [PHOTOS]

New Yorkers and tourists alike gathered in the streets of Manhattan with the aim of catching a glimpse of President Barack Obama, who was visiting Ground Zero for the first time to lay a wreath at the World Trade Center site just days after he announced that U.S. forces had killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Obama to world: 'we mean what we say'

President Barack Obama aimed to strengthen the resolve of the nation on Thursday during the visit to the World Trade Center on Thursday as he spoke firefighters and victims' families of the Sept 11, 2011 attacks.
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Who was Geronimo?

Originally named Goyathlay or Goyahkla, he was involved in revenge attacks against the American and Mexican soldiers who had killed many of his family members during the Apache wars in the second half of the 19th century.

Obama visits firefighters and police in New York

US President Barack Obama arrived in New York City for an emotional visit to families and survivors of the September 11 terror attacks, hoping to mark an end to the decade long mourning and riding the waves of the death of Osama bin Laden just four days prior.

How did Osama resist capture without being armed?

US officials initially said the Navy SEALs team who killed Osama bin Laden did so because he resisted capture. They also said bin Laden did not surrender when offered the opportunity to do so. However, later accounts admitted that bin Laden wasn’t armed.

Obama Ground Zero Visit: What will He do?

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.

Bin Laden was caught alive and executed, says daughter

Even as U.S. President Barack Obama decided not to release the death photos of Osama Bin Laden, media speculation over different versions of the terror chief’s killing became murkier with the 'revelation' that he was captured alive and killed alter.

Osama bin Laden dead: Graphic new photos and raid details emerge

New details and photos of the raid carried out by the U.S. special ops forces on Sunday that killed dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden have emerged and they both have failed to lift the fog of confusion as to how exactly bin Laden was killed and who were the men that died with him.

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