Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, was killed on Monday in a raid on his compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, 50 kilometers outside Islamabad. U.S. special forces burst into bin Laden's room and shot him in the head.
© RIA NovostiOsama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, was killed on Monday in a raid on his compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, 50 kilometers outside Islamabad. U.S. special forces burst into bin Laden's room and shot him in the head.

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Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, was killed on Monday in a raid on his compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, 50 kilometers outside Islamabad. U.S. special forces burst into bin Laden's room and shot him in the head.
© RIA NovostiOsama bin Laden’s corpse was buried at sea. DNA tests showed with 99.9% certainty that the corpse believed to be bin Laden's was in fact his, a U.S. official said.

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Osama bin Laden’s corpse was buried at sea. DNA tests showed with 99.9% certainty that the corpse believed to be bin Laden's was in fact his, a U.S. official said.
© RIA NovostiMore than 2,000 people came to the burial of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al Arab, who was killed in a NATO airstrike. The ceremony was headed by Gaddafi’s eldest son.

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More than 2,000 people came to the burial of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al Arab, who was killed in a NATO airstrike. The ceremony was headed by Gaddafi’s eldest son.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Fomichev / Go to the mediabankMoscow’s Red Square hosted several rehearsals of the annual World War II Victory Day Parade.

Moscow’s Red Square hosted several rehearsals of the annual World War II Victory Day Parade.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Fomichev / Go to the mediabankThe Russian Strizhi (“Swifts”) aerobatic display team celebrated its 20th anniversary on May 6 with a new air show at the Kubinka airfield near Moscow.

The Russian Strizhi (“Swifts”) aerobatic display team celebrated its 20th anniversary on May 6 with a new air show at the Kubinka airfield near Moscow.