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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49609)	1/14/2006 4:47:08 AM
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Bin Laden deputy may be dead in Pakistan strike- unconfirmed reports: Al-Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri may have been among victims of a US strike Friday on a Pakistani village which killed 18 people, ABC television reported, citing Pakistan military sources. The sources said five of those killed in the raid were "high level Al-Qaeda figures" whose bodies are undergoing forensic tests for identification, ABC reported. They said Osama bin Laden's deputy, who has been known to stay at houses in the village, may have been one of the victims. However, on Friday the US Defense Department denied having conducted operations in the area. Zawahiri is a doctor who has become Al-Qaeda's most senior spokesman in videos released in recent months as bin Laden keeps a low profile. He appeared in a new video released last week.At least 18 people including women and children died when helicopters launched missiles on a village in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan, residents said earlier. The incident was in Mamund, in the Bajur tribal zone of eastern Pakistan. DAMADOLA, Pakistan - An airstrike on a Pakistani village near the Afghan border may have targeted Osama bin Laden's right-hand man, a senior Pakistani official said Saturday. He said efforts were under way to determine if the elusive Ayman al-Zawahri or any other terror suspects were among at least 17 people killed. Citing unnamed American intelligence officials, U.S. networks reported that a CIA-operated Predator drone aircraft carried out the missile strike in the Bajur tribal region of northwestern Pakistan. An AP reporter who visited the scene in Damadola village about 12 hours later saw three destroyed houses, hundreds of yards apart. Villagers, who denied any links to Taliban or al-Qaida militants, recounted hearing aircraft flying overhead before being bombarded by blasts felt miles away. By their count at least 30 people died, including women and children. There was no confirmation from either Islamabad or Washington on the reports, but a senior Pakistani official told The Associated Press there was a "50-50 chance that some al-Qaida personality" was at one of the homes hit and that he had heard it could be al-Zawahri. He expected more information later Saturday. ABC quoted anonymous Pakistani military sources as saying five top al-Qaida officials were believed killed. U.S. and Pakistani officials told NBC news that as many as 10 missiles were fired at the village, 125 miles northwest of the capital Islamabad.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49609)	1/14/2006 4:50:10 AM
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This Day in History 1900: Premiere of Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca The opera Tosca—a psychological drama of deceit and doubt composed by Giacomo Puccini, one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism—made its world premiere in Rome's Costanzi Theatre on this day in 1900. More events on this day 1997: Greek archaeologists announced that they had discovered an ancient site in Athens that may have been Aristotle's Lyceum. 1954: Baseball player Joe DiMaggio and actress Marilyn Monroe married at City Hall in San Francisco. 1784: The Continental Congress ratified the Peace of Paris (1783) with Great Britain, granting independence to the American colonies. 1526: The Treaty of Madrid was signed by the Habsburg emperor Charles V (Charles I of Spain) and his prisoner Francis I, king of France, who had been captured during the Battle of Pavia in February 1525 and held prisoner until the conclusion of the treaty, when he was allowed to return to France.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49609)	1/17/2006 9:23:20 AM
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This Day in History 1893: Hawaiian monarchy overthrown Acting for Hawaiian sugar interests and their American allies, a committee led by Sanford Ballard Dole deposed Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani this day in 1893 and installed a provisional government with Dole as president. More events on this day 1943: Allied leaders (from left) French General Henri Giraud, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, …British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt met at Casablanca, Morocco. 1942: Muhammad Ali (right) fighting Ernie Terrell, 1967.American professional boxer Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky. 1917: The United States purchased three of the Virgin Islands—St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix—from Denmark for $25 million. 1899: American gangster Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York. 1820: Anne Brontë.English poet and novelist Anne Brontë, sister of Charlotte and Emily Brontë, was born. 1734: Augustus III, detail of an oil painting by Louis de Silvestre; in the State Collections of Art in …Augustus III was crowned king of Poland.