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with Fiona MacDonald

巴基斯坦总理驳斥庇护说 称本拉登非请自来

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has rejected accusations that Pakistan was either

complicit

in helping to hide Osama Bin Laden or guilty of incompetence in failing to find him. Speaking to parliament, Mr Gilani said that an investigation would be launched into how the al-Qaeda leader remained undetected in the Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad until he was killed in an American raid a week ago. From Abbottabad, Aleem Maqbool reports.

Prime Minister Gilani spoke with passion as he talked of the sacrifices Pakistan had made in the so-called “war on terror”. He mentioned the many thousands of civilians and military deaths here and said his country looked to no one for recognition. But what of the key question “how could Osama Bin Laden have been living here, a city with such a large military and intelligence presence without the authorities knowing or even supporting him”, he gave no new specifics about what he did know of Bin Laden’s time here in Abbottabad, only saying an investigation would be launched, so many wanted to hear so much more.

利比亚载600人难民船在的黎波里港口外沉没

The United Nations Refugee Agency says a ship carrying up to 600 migrants broke up and sank off the Libyan coast late last week and that many of those on board died. Duncan Kennedy reports from Rome.