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ABBOTTOBAD, PAKISTAN-Investigators who searched Osama Bin Laden’s compound found a large stash of pornography, Reuters reports: The pornography recovered in bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, consists of modern, electronically recorded video and is fairly extensive, according to the officials, who discussed the discovery with Reuters on condition of anonymity. The officials said they were […]

Osama bin Laden didn’t want to just attack trains and national monuments in the next few years, he also wanted to kill President Obama during the 2012 elections. According to paperwork found in Osama’s compound and US Intelligence officials, Osama wasn’t a big fan of Obama and his “betrayal” to the Muslim world. “I would […]

SHABQADAR, Pakistan – A pair of suicide bombers attacked recruits leaving a paramilitary training center in Pakistan on Friday, killing 80 people in an especially deadly strike that the Pakistani Taliban claimed it carried out to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden. The blasts in the northwest were a reminder of the savagery of […]

NIGERIA – Bello Maasaba, a Nigerian faith healer has had 107 wives and 165 children. Maasaba’s polygamist ways led to him being in prison after he refused an Islamic Court’s order to divorce all but four of his wives. The New York Daily News reports: The Islamic faith healer, now 87, is currently wed to […]

WASHINGTON — House Republicans have told the top U.S. foreign aid official that the country’s earthquake relief efforts in Haiti have been pathetic. Utah Republican Jason Chaffetz says only 5 percent of the rubble has been removed and 22 percent of the needed transitional shelters have been built. Those figures came from inspector general reports. […]

It seems that Al Qaeda is so mad at President Obama ordering the killing of Osama bin Laden that they are threatening to kill his grandmother in Kenya. The home of Sarah Obama has been under round-the-clock security according to ABC News. “We received reports of plans to attack the home of Mama Sarah Obama, […]

CONGO– An estimated 1,152 women are raped every day, or 48 per hour, in Congo according to a study to appear in the American Journal of Public Health. In one particularly war-ravaged part of the country, 67 out of every 1,000 women have been raped at least once. By comparison, the annual rate in the […]

KAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan parliament committee on Monday held a second day of hearings on a controversial anti-gay bill that attracted international condemnation for its harsh penalties. Lawmakers indicated the bill could be voted on this week. The bill was first proposed in 2009 but made little progress after a storm of criticism over […]

ISLAMABAD — Suspicion rose Monday that Pakistan’s intelligence service leaked the name of the CIA chief in Islamabad to local media in anger over the raid that killed Osama bin Laden – the second outing of an American covert operative here in six months.

MILAN – A ship carrying up to 600 migrants trying to flee Libya has sunk just off the coast of the North African country, the U.N. Refugee Agency said Monday, citing witness accounts. The agency is trying to confirm what happened to the passengers when the vessel broke apart at sea shortly after leaving a […]

While many Muslims believed that the death of Osama bin Laden would somehow bring down the negative perceptions of them, it hasn’t. A New York City waiter recently spoke with NBC New York and said that he changed his name from Mohammed Kobti to John for a 9/11 memorial event. Kotbi claims co-workers have said, […]

WAUKEGAN — Authorities in suburban Chicago say they’ve charged 19 people in connection with a cocaine ring that operated out of pizza restaurants. They say pizza delivery vehicles were used to distribute drugs out of pizza and hamburger restaurants in Waukegan and Grayslake. Waukegan Police Chief Daniel Greathouse says the ring has long been “a […]