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Osama bin Laden is dead: Obama
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WASHINGTON/ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. helicopter raid on a mansion near the Pakistani capital Islamabad early on Monday, ending a long worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
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Osama bin Laden dead (01:06) Report
Steve Holland and Kamran Haider
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