Person: Abdel-Bari Atwan

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Zawahri takes over as al-Qaida leader

VETERAN militant Ayman al-Zawahri has taken command of al-Qaida after the killing of Osama bin Laden, an Islamist website said, a move widely expected following his long years as second-in-command.

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Iraqis protest for release of shoe-throwing reporter

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Arab govts react with concern to growing crisis

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Bin Laden alive but wounded, claims journalist

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How could such devastation happen?

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Taliban protests bin Laden’s innocence

Taliban rulers condemn attacks on US

Afghanistan's hardline Taliban rulers condemned the devastating terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on Tuesday and rejected suggestions that Osama bin Laden could be behind them.

Tue, 11 Sep, 2001

Bin Laden warned three weeks ago of attacks

Followers of Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden warned three weeks ago that they would carry out a ‘‘huge and unprecedented attack’’ on US interests, a London-based Arab journalist said today.

Tue, 11 Sep, 2001