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Wednesday, May 4, 2011, Chandigarh, India
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Special to the tribune
Pak pushed to the wall over Osama taint
Pakistan has a lot of explaining to do;
US says Islamabad was in the know of Laden shelter
Osama bin Laden’s death in a firefight with US forces in a million-dollar mansion 30 miles outside Islamabad has raised questions about Pakistan’s complicity in concealing the Al-Qaida leader.

Special to the tribune
Qaida ‘dirty bomb’ worries UK
LIKE their US counterparts, British security chiefs are trapped in the uncertainty of not knowing how and when Osama bin Laden loyalists will strike back in retaliation for the death of their leader.

team Obama watched Encounter live
Washington, May 3
For a small group of top US officials assembled at the White House’s Situation Room on Sunday afternoon, it was one of the most anxious periods in their lives, as they monitored on a real-time basis the operation against Osama bin Laden in a mansion in Abbottabad.

A photograph released by the US Government shows President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) receiving updates on Operation Geronimo against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington DC on Sunday. AFP

World page: For 6 yrs, Osama lived in Pak under army nose
US choppers flew from Jalalabad for ‘Op Geronimo’
How does US know it has its man?
Editorial: Billion-dollar question
The war on terror
Opinions page: A close encounter with osama bin laden

‘Pakistan has lost its dignity, self-esteem’
Pak cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan analyses his country’s position post-Osama killing
THE people of Pakistan woke up yesterday morning to the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed. But this news did not come from any of their leaders-not the Pakistan President, not the Pakistan Prime Minister, nor the Pakistan army chief.

Obama’s ‘poker face’ hid world’s best kept secret
Boston, May 3
Between attending a glamorous White House Correspondents’ dinner and meeting families of victims of the Alabama storms, US President Barack Obama successfully managed to put up a “poker face” for nearly 72 hours before he announced Osama bin Laden’s death to the world.

RBI raises savings interest to 4%
Monetary policy gives precedence to fighting inflation over growth; Sensex falls 463 points
New Delhi, May 3
The interest rate regime now seems to be tilting in favour of savers. In a comprehensive annual monetary policy announced today, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today raised savings bank interest rates after almost two decades from 3.5 per cent to 4 per cent. This will benefit crores of bank account holders.