via AlJazeeraEnglish Afghanistan, which neighbours Pakistan, was invaded precisely because of the Al Qaeda inspired attack on the World Trade Centre in New York. But now the country’s president says Bin Laden’s killing in Pakistan vindicates his view that the main problem is across the border. Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports from Kabul
via NATOCOMMUNITY With Press Freedom Day being celebrated around the world, just how free is the press in Afghanistan? What problems do journalists face and what progress has been made since the fall of the Taliban?
via PBSNewsHour In other news Tuesday, a White House spokesman said the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden won’t affect the scheduled start of the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in July. In Syria, human rights activists reported more than 1,000 people have been arrested in an escalating government…
via RussiaToday In Lybia, the bodies of Gaddafi’s son and three grand children, reportedly killed in a NATO air strike, have been shown on state TV. NATO says they intercepted military communications from the targeted site, before launching the attack. The incident caused outrage among pro-Gaddafi supporters, with angry mobs storming…
via AlJazeeraEnglish In Libya, among those caught up in the fighting for the besieged city of Misurata are thousands of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. International organisations have helped some to return home, but many more are stranded. Al Jazeera’s Omar Al Saleh reports from a refugee camp in the eastern Libyan city…
via jp.reuters.com May 2 – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the message to the Taliban remains the same; “You cannot wait us out, you cannot defeat us, but you can make the choice to abandon al Qaeda and participate in a peaceful political process.”
via AlJazeeraEnglish Rival forces in Libya’s civil war are continuing to battle for control of the port city of Misurata. Despite the violence and the chaos, a rescue ship with hundreds of people escaping Misurata has managed to make its way to the rebel base in Benghazi. Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports from…
via whitehouse.gov/blog REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON OSAMA BIN LADEN East Room 11:35 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a…
via AlJazeeraEnglish Osama bin Laden is dead. It’s news many people, especially in the United States have been waiting for ten years to hear. US forces tracked him down, with the help of Pakistan officials, to a mansion in a small town outside Islamabad. Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan tracks down a…
via AssociatedPress A pakistani television station showed pictures of a fire at a compound thought to be the scene of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. (May 2)