Bin Laden buried at sea after US kills him in Pakistan

Osama bin Laden, the world’s most wanted man, is dead, US president Barack Obama announced today.

Mon, 02 May, 2011 - 10:28

Osama bin Laden, the world’s most wanted man, is dead, US president Barack Obama announced today.

The man who was the inspiration for countless acts of terror from the September 11 outrage to the July 7 London bombings was killed in a US operation in Pakistan.

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