When the East Coast earthquake struck in late August, it appeared to hit particularly hard a place called “Twitter.” “ U.S. East Coast earthquake generated more Tweets than Osama bin Laden death ,” the United Kingdom’s Telegraph reported. “ Earthquake Hits East Coast: Aftershocks Felt on Twitter ,” said TheWrap.com, a Los Angeles-based publication. Read full article > >

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Many media types live in the land of Twitter, but most regular people don’t

The death of Atiyah Abd al-Rahman in an Aug. 22 drone attack in Pakistan may appear to be just another in the revolving-door fatalities among al-Qaeda’s operations chiefs. But it was a crucial blow to the core group that once surrounded Osama bin Laden. Rahman was bin Laden’s channel to the world. Their correspondence was the most important prize taken from bin Laden’s compound when he was killed May 2 . They talked about everything: strategy, personnel, operations, political setbacks. Whatever thread still held al-Qaeda together passed from bin Laden through to Rahman. Read full article > >

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A body blow against al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda’s No. 2 leader, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman , has been killed in Pakistan , U.S. officials said Saturday — a significant strike against the terrorist group nearly four months after the death of Osama bin Laden . Rahman was killed Aug. 22 in Waziristan, the tribal northwest region of Pakistan, according to a senior administration official who was not authorized to speak by name. The official called his death “a tremendous loss for al-Qaeda” because the group’s new top leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, “was relying heavily on him to help guide and run the organization, especially since bin Laden’s death.” Read full article > >

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More than on news of bin Laden’s death.

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The United States is concerned that Pakistan may have given China access to the helicopter that crashed in the U.S. raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound, a U.S. official said Monday.

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Black Hawk crashed during Bin Laden raid.

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Pakistan Shows U.S. Chopper to China

It was the morning after the big announcement of Osama bin Laden’s death. I was sitting at work when my Google Chat icon pinged and a coworker said, “I’m sorry.” “For what?” I asked, unaware of a comment he had typed a few minutes earlier. With quick hesitation he filled me in. “I was just saying that they should bomb everyone in Pakistan for hiding bin Laden, but it was just a joke. I didn’t mean sane people like you, just the crazies.”

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U.S. — Pakistan Relations: A Hyphenated Perspective

Ayman al-Zawahiri is appointed al-Qaeda’s new leader following Osama Bin Laden’s death, a statement issued by the organisation’s general command says.

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Zawahiri ‘becomes al-Qaeda chief’

Pakistan’s intelligence agency arrested “a few” informants who gave information to the CIA before the raid that left Osama bin Laden dead, a Pakistani intelligence official said Wednesday.

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Official: bin Laden informants arrested in Pakistan

Pakistan arrests five alleged CIA informants who helped in the raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in May, US media say.

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Pakistan ‘arrests CIA informants’

US CIA director Leon Panetta meets Pakistani officials to discuss repairing ties after the death of Osama Bin Laden, officials say.

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CIA chief in Pakistan for talks

There’s still one person crazy enough to mourn the death of Osama bin Laden: Ayman al-Zawahri, al Qaeda’s second in command, has posted a video eulogy to his late boss, with the title of “The Noble Knight Dismounted.” For 28 minutes, Zawahri sits with…

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Zawahri Eulogizes Bin Laden

Defense Secretary Robert Gates called for patience with the war in Afghanistan and said that only modest troop reductions would make sense this summer, as the country remains unstable. He said that much depends on whether Osama bin Laden’s death will…

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Gates Asks for Patience in Afghan War

Officials described the visit as an effort to measure Pakistan’s commitment to fighting extremism after the killing of Osama bin Laden strained relations with Washington.

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Clinton Arrives in Pakistan to Mend Ties

A CIA team of forensics specialists has been granted permission by the Pakistani government to visit the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed, to search for possibly hidden or buried documents, a U.S. official confirms to CNN.

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CIA gets access to bin Laden compound