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    The CIA has 52 separate photos and videos of Osama bin Laden's body, the U.S. raid that killed him, and his burial at sea, according to a Justice Department document filed earlier this week. A top CIA official argues that the government is "wholly exempt" from releasing the images, however, because publication might inspire terror attacks on U.S. targets.
    The image count came in response to a lawsuit by the conservative group Judicial Watch, which filed a Freedom of Information Act request on May 4, three days after the raid on bin Laden's Pakistan compound, for the release of the death images. The Department of Justice responded with a declaration from John Bennett, director of the National Clandestine Service of the CIA, arguing that disclosure of the images is a security risk.
    Bennett reports that the CIA conducted a search of its records to determine how many images of the raid and its aftermath it possessed. "The CIA located a total of fifty-two (52) unique records that are responsive to Plaintiff's FOIA request. These records are photographs and/or video recordings taken of UBL on or about 1 May 2011, the day that the United States conducted an operation that resulted in his death."
    READ Bennett's Statement About the Bin Laden Photos

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    Pakistani police and locals gather outside the compound where Osama Bin Laden was killed by US forces, 5 May, 2011, in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

    The pictures include "post-mortem images of UBL's body" that Bennett describes as "quite graphic, as they depict the fatal bullet wound to UBL's head and other similarly gruesome images of his corpse." He says that many images were taken inside the Abbottabad, Pakistan compound where bin Laden died, and others were taken when his body was being transported from Pakistan out to sea for burial. "Several other images depict the preparation of his body for burial, as well as the burial itself." According to Bennett, some pictures were taken for facial recognition purposes.
    Because of the highly classified nature of these images," writes Bennett, "I cannot further describe their contents or the circumstances in which they were obtained on the public record without potentially causing harm to national security." Bennett says he has determined that all the images should be designated Top Secret, and thus exempt from release, because disclosure "reasonably could be expected to result in exceptionally grave damage to the national security."
    Bennett does not specific how many of the images are photos and how many are videos. Previous media reports had indicated that there might be footage from cameras on the helmets of the Navy SEALs who carried out the May raid, but a New Yorker article published several months asserted that no such helmet-cam footage exists. A U.S. official familiar with the matter confirmed the New Yorker's account.


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    China is due to launch its first space laboratory, Tiangong-1.The 10.5m-long, cylindrical module will be unmanned for the time being, but the country's astronauts, or yuhangyuans, are expected to visit it next year.
    Tiangong-1 will demonstrate the critical technologies needed by China to build a fully fledged space station - something it has promised to do at the end of the decade.
    The space lab is set to ride to orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket.
    State media say the lift-off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert is likely to occur between 21:16 and 21:31 local time (13:16-13:31 GMT). Meteorologists report that weather conditions should be good.
    The Long March will put Tiangong in a near-circular path around the Earth, just a few hundred km above the surface.
    It will operate in an autonomous mode, monitored from the ground. Then, in a few weeks' time, China will launch another unmanned spacecraft, Shenzhou 8, and try to link the pair together.
    This rendezvous and docking capability is a prerequisite if larger structures are ever to be assembled in orbit.
    Commentators say Russian technology, or a close copy of it, will be used to bring the two craft into line.
    Assuming the venture goes well, two manned missions (Shenzhou 9 and 10) should follow in 2012. The yuhangyuans - two or three at a time - are expected to live aboard the conjoined vehicles for up to two weeks.

    • Tiangong-1 will launch on the latest version of a Long March 2F rocket
    • The lab will go into a 350km-high orbit and will be unattended initially
    • An unmanned Shenzhou vehicle will later try to dock with Tiangong
    • The orbiting lab will test key technologies such as life-support systems
    • China's stated aim is to build a 60-tonne space station by about 2020
    Tiangong means "heavenly palace" in Chinese. The programme is the second step in what Beijing authorities describe as a three-step strategy.
    The first step was the development of the Shenzhou capsule system which has so far permitted six nationals to go into orbit since 2003; then the technologies needed for spacewalking and docking, now in progress; and finally construction of the space station.


    Animation showing the launch of Tiangong-1 and eventual completion of China's space station

    At about 60 tonnes in mass, this future station would be considerably smaller than the 400-tonne international platform operated by the US, Russia, Europe, Canada and Japan, but its mere presence in the sky would nonetheless represent a remarkable achievement.
    Concept drawings describe a core module weighing some 20-22 tonnes, flanked by two slightly smaller laboratory vessels.
    Officials say it would be supplied by freighters in exactly the same way that robotic cargo ships keep the International Space Station (ISS) today stocked with fuel, food, water, air, and spare parts.
    There has been much talk about China becoming involved in the ISS project itself, and the fact that it has adopted many Russian engineering standards would certainly make it technically possible for Shenzhou vehicles to visit the orbiting complex.
    Europe, too, has argued that additional partners could help spread the cost of running what is an extremely expensive endeavour. But political differences between China and the US would appear to make such involvement unlikely in the near-term.
    "These are decisions that have to be taken by the whole ISS partnership; everyone has to agree," says Karl Bergquist from the European Space Agency's (Esa) international relations department.
    Five astronauts, or yuhangyuans, have followed Yang Liwei's historic first flight in 2003
    "You also have to see whether it is something which would interest a country like China, given their ambitions in space. They have advanced so far in their plans that they will probably go ahead and develop their own station," he told BBC News.
    Thomas Reiter, the director of human spaceflight at Esa, was asked to comment on the status of China's space programme during a seminar this month at the London School of Economics.
    "I think the Chinese want to prove to themselves and others that they are on a level," he said. "At that point, it becomes a moment for discussion on greater co-operation. We are certainly drifting towards each other."
    The director said he could envisage the day when yuhangyuans made visits to European astronaut training facilities.
    Currently, most of Europe's engagement with China falls in the area of space science.
    Esa participated in the Double Star mission, a pair of satellites sent into orbit to study the Sun's interaction with the Earth's magnetic field.
    There is also co-operative work in Earth observation, assisting the Chinese with the development of applications to interpret satellite data.
    In the UK, manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Limited announced recently that it would be making three high-resolution imaging spacecraft for the purpose of mapping China.
    The ISS is very expensive, but all partners would need to agree to China's participation
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    ISLAMABAD: The national political leadership on Thursday said that the All Parties Conference (APC) had sent a message across the globe that Pakistanis were united and would not compromise on national security at any cost. Therefore, a 13-point resolution has been passed unanimously.
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    Nationwide loadshedding irks citizens
    Updated at: 1636 PST, Sunday, October 02, 2011
    KARACHI: Loadshedding continues in major and small cities across the country, Geo News reported. The power outages have created a water shortage in several areas.

    Several areas of Faisalabad were without power the entire night causing frustrated residents to protest on Sunday morning. Business activities have been severely affected in Gujranwala and Sargodha where urban areas are facing 16 while rural areas are facing 18 hours of loadshedding.

    Loadshedding of 10-12 hours is also taking place in Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur,Rahim yar Khan and Liaqatpur.

    The situation is similar in Sindh where in Hyderabad up to 10 hours of loadshedding is being experienced. Nawabshah, Larkana, Ghotki and other areas of interior Sindh are without power for 12-16 hours daily.

    Areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa such as Swat, Shangal, Upper and Lower Dir are also facing severe power outages of up to 18 hours while a similar situation is being experienced in the tribal areas.

    There is also no respite for residents of Balochistan where loadshedding has also taken its toll and disrupted daily life. At least 16 hours of loadshedding is taking place in several parts of the province.

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    جان ابراہام کیلئے ہالی وڈ سےآفر 02 Oct, 2011

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    Prolonged outages spark violent protest in Lahore
    Updated at: 2055 PST, Sunday, October 02, 2011
    LAHORE: Residents of Chohang took the streets, blocked Multan Road and pelted the police with stones to launch their strong protest against the prolonged electricity loadshedding here on Sunday, Geo News reported.

    The police resorted to baton charge, fired tear gas shells and shots in the air to disperse the protesters who decided to bear no more the hardship caused by relentless and prolonged power outages.

    The protesters burned bone fires on GT Road and chanted anti-administration slogans.

    They pelted police with stones when the latter reached the scene to control the situation, injuring a sub inspector. Two police vehicles and several private cars of the citizens were also damaged during the protest.

    Police baton charged the protesters, used tear gas and aerial fire to bring the situation under control. As a result, some protesters also received minor injuries.

    The commuters trapped in traffic jams due to the protest had to suffer from suffocation due to the tear gas that filled the air in the surrounding area.

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