The demise of Osama Bin Laden yesterday is a universal “front page news” story. Regardless of origin or language, one word dominates: “dead”.
May, 2011
The ten-year hunt for Osama
It took a decade and a billion dollar war before the US finally captured al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. What was bin Laden doing in those 10 long years? The Guardian provides a timeline.
Local bike paths mean higher house prices
The City of Sydney is learning that having a bikeway right outside your front door is good for your health and the value of your house. Rachel Smith explains the link between cycle paths and the economy.
Obama is dead, Osama is President. Right?
“Osama” and “Obama” sound quite similar. Similar enough for journalists and news presents across the world confused them, as demonstrated in his Osama/Obama gaffes blooper real from Mashable.
Tarantino’s next joint: Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino has put his distinctive stamp on a number of different genres, so it’s no surprise that he will pack some six shooters and hurl a few tumbleweeds for his next movie — a western called Django Unchained, writes Luke Buckmaster.
“We got the bastard” — newspapers report Osama’s death
When a really evil person is killed, you’re going to have to do more than just cheer: you’re going to have to gloat with style. Jeremy Sear wraps the best world tabloid Osama headlines.
Rushdie: Pakistan has some explaining to do
It is incomprehensible that Osama bin Laden could have lived in Abbottabad for five years without the knowledge of the Pakistani government. Some big questions need to be answered, writes Salman Rusie.
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Osama bin Laden’s life in pictures
From the devastating images of the 9/11 attacks to a photograph of fire blasts on bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Al Jazeera compiles bin Laden’s life in pictures.
No pimping this ride
Language nerds test the smut filter at the Roads and Traffic Authority, by attempting to purchase number plates that use dirty foreign words. What swear words make it through?
travel A continent of migration stories
Australia is a lovely mix of migrants and cultures, but we’ve got nothing on Europe, says Jean McBain, as she returns to the remote Scottish island her ancestors fled from.
The Logies: shape up or ship out
The Logies are like the pretty girl at the party that you couldn’t be keener on until you actually find yourself in a conversation with her. Vacuous, superficial, and ultimately a waste of your time. Time to change the format, writes Dan Barrett.
Britain’s alternative vote referendum
Brits go to the polls on Thursday to decide whether to introduce the “alternative vote” – what Australians know from state-level experience in New South Wales and Queensland as “optional preferential voting,” writes William Bowe.
Newspoll: 53-47 to Coalition; Essential Research: 54-46
The latest Newspoll is slightly less bad for Labor than what they’ve been growing accustomed to and the latest from Essential Research gives a status quo result, writes William Bowe.
Abbottabad.
Really?
In the weeks following 9/11 in Pakistan, Shakira Hussein needed to decide where to live. One place she contemplated moving to was Abbottabad, the town where Osama bin Laden was killed.
PHOTO GALLERY 
What if you lived at Ikea?
Furniture and home-wares powerhouse Ikea are famous for stores made up of fully-furnished rooms. But what would it be like to live there? Photographer Christian Gideon went and investigated.
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Scenes from a land torn apart
Deadly tornadoes have swept through southern US states including Alabama in the last week, killing over 300 people. This gallery catalogues the devastation.
Is the West serious about promoting democracy in the Arab world?
The reason why the media had ignored Tunisia for a long time despite its political transformation because Tunisia was considered as friendly, politically stable and a pro-western country, writes Abdelwahab Khoualdia.
WikiLeaks: US redlined Australia’s Fiji coup sanctions
A weekend WikiLeaks cable has shown that in 2006 the US pressured Australia and New Zealand to “not rush” full sanctions on Fiji’s newly installed dictator Frank Bainimarama’s regime, for fear of undermining the war effort in Iraq, writes Luke Miller.
Robert Ray quits VMIA after handing down damning bullying report
Former Labor right powerbroker Robert Ray has quit as chairman of multi-billion dollar state government insurer the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority just hours after handing down a damning report into bullying and harassment at the organisation.
Fatal Air France memory module recovered
Since 1950, Air France has tallied 1247 fatalities in 18 crashes, one of the bloodiest operational records in aviation.
Ask the economists: how do you talk down the dollar?
The Aussie dollar hit US$1.10 this morning, a record against the greenback. It’s great news if you’re planning an Aussie winter jaunt to Palm Springs, not so wonderful if you’re an exporter or manufacturer in Australia. Should the RBA intervene?
Big pharma’s big reveal: GSK will tell what it pays doctors
The Australian arm of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline will work towards publicly declaring how much it pays individual doctors and other healthcare professionals.
Essential: the media aren’t biased, but…
Voters think the media aren’t biased and believe them more than politicians. After that, though, their view of the media is bleaker.
