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At least two Twitter members live-Tweet U.S. Osama bin Laden raid (examiner)
The world on Sunday night and Monday morning was all a'Twitter about the killing of Osama bin Laden, but Twitter has shown itself to be of great user in many breaking news events. In this case, at least two Twitter members had unknowingly live-Tweeted the U.S. raid against bin Laden in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad.

Turkey closes embassy in Tripoli (CBC News)
Turkey on Monday temporarily closed its embassy in the Libyan capital due to deteriorating security and its staff travelled to Tunisia, an official said.

Inside the raid that killed bin Laden (MaineToday - Morning Sentinel)
Helicopters descended out of darkness on the most important counterterrorism mission in U.S. history.

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Hit squad swooped for bin Laden in pre-dawn raid (Irish Examiner)
Osama bin Laden was hiding in a two-storey house 100 yards from a Pakistani military academy when four helicopters carrying US anti-terror forces swooped in the early morning hours.

Japan set to pass tsunami reconstruction budget (SanLuisObispo)
Japan's parliament was set to pass a 4 trillion yen tsunami recovery budget Monday, but even that covers only a fraction of the cost of what was the most expensive disaster ever.

Text of President Obama's remarks on the killing of Osama bin Laden (MassLive)
President Barack Obama reads his statement to photographers after making a televised statement on the death of Osama bin Laden from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, May 1, 2011.

Osama bin Laden is dead, US says (msnbc.msn)
Osama bin Laden is dead and the US has his body, says person familiar with developments.

Gadhafi's son had survived US strike in 1986 (Athens Banner-Herald)
Seif al-Arab Gadhafi escaped a U.S. airstrike targeting his father's compound in Tripoli in 1986.

Delusion and Denial Part 1: Work, Jobs, Careerism, Charity (ondreams)
By the way, if anyone here is in advertising or marketing kill yourself. ---Bill Hicks I am no aficionado of Superman, but I must admit, I am one of "Seinfeld." With reference to the latter and by default, the former: Everything around me these days makes me feel like I am living in Bizarro World.

Coastguard rescues windsurfer (Fraserburgh Herald)
A windsurfer has been taken to hospital after being rescued by coastguard when he was blown offshore in strong winds.

Air France Flight 447 Flight Data Recorder Memory Module Found on Ocean Floor (huliq)
It quite possibly holds the key to the mystery about the 2009 Air France crash that ended up with the aircraft on the ocean bottom, and it's been found: the fight data recorder's memory module.

William, Kate praised for being serious (KASA-TV Albuquerque)
The dress is packed away, the partying guests have left Buckingham Palace and Prince William returns to military duty next week instead of taking a honeymoon with Kate Middleton.

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