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United Nations removes Usama bin Laden from sanctions list

The United Nations has finally removed Usama bin Laden from the list of Al Qaeda members subject to U.N. sanctions, nearly two years after he was killed by U.S. commandos in Pakistan.The U.N. Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against the terrorist group approved the deletion on Feb. 21, according to their website.The Al Qaeda leader was accused of masterminding the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.The sanctions committee said the asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo no longer apply to bin Laden.But it said member states requesting to unfreeze his assets must provide assurances to the committee that the funds will not be transferred to any other individual or group on the U.N. sanctions list....

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  1. Documents: Osama bin Laden didn't want Somali group al-Shabab to publicly announce merger

    Osama bin Laden didn't want to publicly recognize the Somali militant group al-Shabab as a part of al-Qaida because it would bring extra attention from "enemies," bu...

  2. US, NATO: Bin Laden Death Won't End Afghan Mission

    U.S. and NATO officials sought to reassure Afghans on Monday that Usama bin Laden's death will not weaken the international mission in Afghanistan, even as the Afgha...

  3. AP Enterprise: The man who hunted Osama bin Laden

    After Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden, the White House released a photo of President Barack Obama and his Cabinet inside the Situation Room, watching the daring ra...

  4. Could Oscar's attention free the man who helped find Usama Bin Laden ?

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  5. Osama bin Laden hunt over, but not forgotten

    Locals doubt terrorist lived among them

  6. Bin Laden Expert On Terrorist's Death

    Michael Scheuer, the CIA's former director of its Osama bin Laden unit, joins Tom to discuss his reaction to the news regarding Usama bin Laden's death

  7. Qaddafi Says Bin Laden Is Behind Libya Uprising

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  8. Hope fades for family of hero doctor jailed in Pakistan after helping US nail Bin Laden

    Relatives of the hero doctor who helped the U.S. pinpoint Osama bin Laden are so fearful of retribution and devoid of hope that they have asked his lawyer and older ...

  9. Did Pakistan Aid Usama Bin Laden ?

    Cell phone discovered with evidence of Pakistan helping Bin Laden

  10. Usama bin Laden : Attack and Retaliation

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  11. Pakistan : Usama Bin Laden Isn't Here

    Usama bin Laden and the top Al Qaeda leadership are not in Pakistan , making U.S. missile attacks against them futile, according to the country’s interior minister.“...

  12. 10 years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden no longer the model for youth-driven Arab uprisings

    Osama bin Laden and his jihadi rhetoric once resonated with millions, especially those in the Arab world who saw militant Islam as their best hope for throwing off t...

  1. Osama bin Laden's longtime deputy Ayman al-Zawahri takes control of al -Qaida

    Osama bin Laden's longtime second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, has taken control of al-Qaida, the group declared Thursday, marking the ascendancy of a man driven by...

  2. After Bin Laden Killing, Lobbyists Pursue Assurances of U.S. Aid to Pakistan

    WASHINGTON -- Within hours of the stunning announcement that Usama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. commandos, a lobbying firm representing Pakistan's government be...

  3. A year after Osama bin Laden's death, the top faces of al -Qaida

    On May 2, 2011, Navy SEALs shot and killed al-Qaida leader and Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in his home in Abbottabad, Pakistan. It was a raid made especially...

  4. Al -Qaida vows revenge for Osama bin Laden's death in first acknowledgment by terror network

    Al-Qaida vowed to keep fighting the United States and avenge the death of Osama bin Laden, which it acknowledged for the first time Friday in an Internet statement a...

  5. Osama bin Laden surfaces with humanitarian appeal for Pakistani floods in 2nd tape in 24-hours

    Softening his tone, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden issued a humanitarian appeal on Saturday urging Muslim governments to do more to help Pakistan's flood victims an...

  6. France lashes out at al -Qaida branch message urging negotiations with Bin Laden over hostages

    France's new foreign minister on Friday rejected a reported demand from Al Qaeda's North Africa branch for Paris to negotiate with Osama bin Laden over the fate of f...

  7. US says Usama bin Laden's name belongs in New York terror trial

    Usama bin Laden's name should not be banned from the terrorism trial of an Egyptian Islamic preacher despite claims by defense lawyers that it would be prejudicial t...

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