OSCAR-NOMINATED actor Pete Postlethwaite has died after a long fight with cancer.

THE White House yesterday praised Pakistan for the capture of alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, calling the arrest of such a “big fish” a major blow to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network.

KHALID SHAIKH MOHAMMED, the suspected mastermind of the September 11 terrorist attacks and one of Osama bin Laden’s most senior lieutenants, was yesterday under interrogation by FBI agents at an unknown location in Pakistan, security officials said.

It is still unclear exactly how many Irish people are missing in the World trade Centre rubble.