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Osama bin Laden
World
March 8
Bin Laden relative denies plot charge
A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and a high-ranking al Qaeda figure who threatened that violence against the United States would continue after the September 11, 2001 attacks, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiracy to kill Americans.
World
May 23
Jail sentence for doctor who helped CIA track bin Laden
Pakistani authorities have sentenced a doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden to 33 years in jail on charges of treason, officials said, a move almost certain to further strain ties between Washington and Islamabad.
World
April 26
Judge refuses to order release of bin Laden photos
A federal judge has refused to order President Barack Obama's administration to release photos and video of the U.S. military operation that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan almost a year ago and the al Qaeda leader's burial at sea.
World
April 13
Pakistan to deport bin Laden family
Pakistan will deport Osama bin Laden's three widows and their children to Saudi Arabia next week after they finish a 45-day prison sentence for illegally entering and living in the country, their defence lawyer says.
World
February 26
Pakistan completes demolition of bin Laden compound
The Pakistani home of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, the place where he was killed after the biggest manhunt in history, is no more.
Opinion
September 7
Why bin Laden's callous strategy failed
Writing recently in the Washington Post, Brian Michael Jenkins, a senior adviser at the Rand Corporation think tank, claimed that the 9/11 attacks 10 years ago were not a strategic success for al Qaeda.
World
May 31
Pakistan forms commission to probe bin Laden raid
Pakistan's prime minister has named the members of a commission tasked with investigating the circumstances surrounding the May 2 US raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
Dunedin
May 24
World 'not safer' after US killing of Osama bin Laden
The world is no safer even though Osama bin Laden is dead - that is consensus of three University of Otago academics at a public forum yesterday.
National
May 10
Harawira apologises for bin Laden comments
Hone Harawira has apologised for comments he made describing dead terrorist Osama bin Laden as a freedom fighter.
World
May 10
Obama won't release bin Laden photos
President Barack Obama says he has decided not to release death photos of terrorist Osama bin Laden because their graphic nature could incite violence and create national security risks for the United States.
National
May 10
Pakistan denies harbouring bin Laden
Pakistan's president has denied suggestions his country's security forces may have sheltered Osama bin Laden before he was killed by American forces, and says their co-operation with the United States helped pinpoint the world's most wanted man.
World
May 10
Obama watched firefight that killed bin Laden
From halfway around the world, President Barack Obama and his national security team monitored the strike on Osama bin Laden's compound in real time, watching and listening to the firefight that killed the terrorist leader.
World
May 9
Pakistan suspected of retaliating after US raid
Suspicion has risen 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.
Business
May 9
Cybercriminals prey on fascination with death
The online interest in Osama bin Laden's death has attracted numerous internet scammers who are baiting Facebook and Google users by claiming to offer pictures of a deceased bin Laden.
World
May 8
Bin Laden 'had support network in Pakistan'
Osama bin Laden benefitted from "some sort of support network" inside Pakistan, President Barack Obama says.
World
May 8
Videos show bin Laden watching himself on TV
Newly released videos show Osama bin Laden inside his hideout, watching himself on television and rehearsing for terrorist propaganda videos.
World
May 6
Only one bin Laden defender shot at SEALs
The Americans who raided Osama bin Laden's lair met far less resistance than the Obama administration described in the aftermath, it has emerged.
World
May 5
Obama pays respects at Ground Zero
Marking Osama bin Laden's death where the terrorist inflicted his greatest damage, President Barack Obama soberly laid a wreath at New York's ground zero and declared to the city and the world, "When we say we will never forget, we mean what we say."
World
May 5
Pakistan army warns US not to stage more raids
Pakistan's army has broken its silence over the US commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden, acknowledging its own "shortcomings" in efforts to find the al-Qaeda leader but threatening to review co-operation with Washington if there is another similar violation of Pakistani sovereignty.
World
May 3
Bin Laden 'unarmed when shot dead'
Osama bin Laden was unarmed when he was confronted by US commandos at his Pakistani hideout but tried to resist the assault, the White House said today as new details emerged about the raid that killed the world's most wanted terrorist.
World
May 3
Phone call led US to bin Laden's doorstep
When one of Osama bin Laden's most trusted aides picked up the phone last year, he unknowingly led US pursuers to the doorstep of his boss, the world's most wanted terrorist.
World
May 3
Revealed: The secret team that killed bin Laden
Osama bin Laden's death in a ripped-from-a-spy-thriller helicopter raid and firefight gives a storied unit of US special operations forces bragging rights for what has become the most famous covert operation since the September 11 attacks launched on bin Laden's orders.
World
May 3
Obama keeps poker face after bin Laden order
In a remarkable 36 hours of his presidency, Barack Obama carried a momentous secret and gave no hint of it as he consoled tornado victims, delivered a college commencement address and cracked jokes at a black-tie dinner.
World
May 3
Bin Laden's death sparks relief, outrage
News of Osama bin Laden's death has stirred strong emotions, from a profound sense of relief across much of the globe to outrage among sympathizers who vowed to avenge the al-Qaeda leader.
World
May 3
Bin Laden used wife as human shield
Osama bin Laden used one of his wives as a human shield in an apparent attempt to try to save his own life during the raid by US covert forces in which he was killed, a top US official said.
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