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Supporters of a hardline pro-Taliban party carry an image of Osama Bin Laden on May 2, 2011, to protest his death by U.S. Special Forces in a ground operation in Pakistan's hill station of Abbottabad.

Osama bin Laden, born to privilege, dies a pariah — though not to all

August 21, 2019 at 5:12 p.m.

Osama bin Laden, a scion of one of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest families, became the grim apostle of a strain of Islamic radicalism that exalted violence against non-believers, and the leader...

From privilege, wealth to terrorism

August 22, 2019 at 5:12 a.m.

ISLAMABAD — He was born to privilege, one of more than 50 offspring of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest construction magnate. He spent his youth in air-conditioned mansions filled with crystal chandeliers,...

Turnout huge as Haiti goes to polls

August 21, 2021 at 4:17 a.m.

Haitians wearied by spiraling unrest and gang violence turned out in huge numbers Tuesday to choose a new president and parliament and perhaps put their impoverished Caribbean homeland on the...

Waterlogged Florida fears Katrina encore

August 22, 2021 at 2:40 p.m.

One day after Katrina delivered a soggy surprise wallop to some of Miami's southwestern suburbs, where streets and neighborhoods were underwater Friday, emergency planners in Florida were bracing for a...

U.S. Marines guard Haiti’s airport, palace

August 19, 2021 at 10:40 a.m.

Dozens of U.S. Marines stood guard at Haiti's main airport and the National Palace on Monday, the leading edge in what Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said could soon become a...

East Coast anxiously prepares as hurricane nears

August 21, 2021 at 2:36 a.m.

Hurricane Isabel churned Monday on course for a potentially destructive landfall along the mid-Atlantic seaboard, as Coast Guard officials repositioned rescue vessels and nervous residents descended on hardware stores and...

Driver must lift veil for license

August 21, 2021 at 3:27 a.m.

A Florida judge on Friday refused to allow a Muslim mother and homemaker to obtain a driver's license without removing her veil for the identification photo, saying it would set...

Nixon daughters solve library bequest dispute

August 20, 2021 at 4:02 a.m.

For about 16 hours, behind closed doors in a downtown Miami hotel, they argued, haggled and negotiated. There were lawyers, trustees, and two daughters of an American president once so...

Blending in easy in `aviation state’

January 30, 2019 at 11:52 a.m.

There are the flight schools so numerous that Florida likes to fancy itself the "aviation state." There is the marvelously diverse, fast-changing populace, where almost anyone can blend in. There...

Blending in easy in `aviation state’

August 20, 2021 at 5:45 a.m.

There are the flight schools so numerous that Florida likes to fancy itself the "aviation state." There is the marvelously diverse, fast-changing populace, where almost anyone can blend in. There...

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