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CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaeda has selected its longtime No. 2 to succeed Osama bin Laden following last month's U.S. commando raid that killed the terror leader, according to a statement posted Thursday on a website affiliated with the network.

Ayman al-Zawahiri, who will turn 60 next week, is believed to be operating from somewhere near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

He is the son of an upper middle class Egyptian family of doctors and scholars. His father was a pharmacology professor at Cairo University's medical school and his grandfather was the grand imam of Al-Azhar University, a premier center of religious study.

In a videotaped eulogy released earlier this month, al-Zawahiri warned that America faces not individual terrorists or groups but an international community of Muslims that seek to destroy it and its allies.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/politics/4210-al-qaeda-chooses-bin-laden-successor-watch.html

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Three young women escaped a sinking SUV after a direction from a rental car GPS unit sent them down a boat launch and into the Mercer Slough early Wednesday.

The driver apparently thought she was on a road while following her GPS unit just after midnight, but she was actually heading down the Sweyolocken boat launch.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/latest-news/4208-following-gps-directions-woman-plunges-car-into-lake-watch.html

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police say there's a woman stealing from purses in the middle of church services all over the Houston area and some people may not even realize they've fallen victim to her. One of the churches hit by the thief is Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in northwest Houston, say police. But it's the video from another church that investigators want you to watch closely.


http://kabibi.com/lates-news/latest-news/4205-woman-stealing-from-churchgoers-when-they-take-communion-video.html

When 26-year-old Destiny Mathis began campaigning for Barack Obama in 2008, her life was tough--but she had hope.

After graduating at the top of her class in 2005, the Hobart, Ind. resident was raising two children on her own while working as a surgical technician. She was also helping her mother, who was battling cancer at the time.

"I campaigned for him hard,” Mathis said. “I got the shirts made, the Barack the Vote shirts made. We've done a lot.”

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http://kabibi.com/lates-news/latest-news/4201-single-mom-selling-handwritten-obama-letter-to-avoid-eviction-watch.html

Nigeria's pastors run multi-million dollar businesses which rival that of oil tycoons, a Nigerian blogger who has researched the issue has told the BBC. Mfonobong Nsehe, who blogs for Forbes business magazine, says pastors own businesses from hotels to fast-food chains.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/business/4198-nigerias-millionaire-pastors.html

MIAMI — Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks are NBA champions, and they went through LeBron James for that long-awaited first title.

Jason Terry scored 27 points, Nowitzki added 21 and the Mavericks topped the Miami Heat 105-95 in Game 6 of the NBA finals on Sunday night. The Mavericks won four of the series' last five games, a turnabout that could not have been sweeter after seeing the Heat celebrate their first title in Dallas after Game 6 of the 2006 finals.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/sports/4191-dallas-wins-1st-nba-title-in-franchise-history.html

SINDANGAN, Philippines – Officials say a Filipino about two feet tall is expected to be named the world's shortest man when he turns 18 on Sunday.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/latest-news/4188-worlds-shortest-man.html

Congress has received a letter ostensibly from Moammar Gadhafi that calls for a cease-fire and urges the U.S. to take the lead in negotiating a deal for peace in Libya.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/politics/4181-libyas-gadhafi-writes-congress-for-cease-fire-.html

Not a few red eyes could be spotted at the end, even around the media tribune as Nwankwo Kanu made a final lap of honour around the Teslim Balogun Stadium surrounded by his friends from all over Africa.It was fitting tribute to the man whose skills, vision and intelligence have lit up the green white green jersey of Nigeria.

This one game to mark the legend's final bow may have ended 3-2 to the Super Eagles All Stars, but in the end it was a thoroughly enjoyable and fun game to honour one of the legends of not just the Nigerian, but also the African game.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/sports/4184-stars-send-off-kanu-in-style-.html

After 20 hours of surgery, more than 20 surgeons, nurses and other medical professionals in a Boston hospital have given Charla Nash the new face she has waited for for more than two years.

Nash was mauled by a chimp in February 2009 at her friend’s Stamford home. The pet chimp, named Travis, destroyed Nash’s eyes, ears, nose and mouth. It left her permanently blind. Doctors said it was a miracle Nash even survived.


http://kabibi.com/lates-news/latest-news/4179-face-transplant-performed-on-woman-mauled-by-chimpanzee-video.html

Traveler beware: The list of the world's most dangerous cities was released and with a few exceptions, consider it a primer in where not to go.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/latest-news/4169-the-worlds-most-dangerous-cities-are-watch.html

Kaduna (WorldStage Newsonline)-- The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Thursday in Kaduna paraded two Cameroonians who posed as medical doctors and administered fake Chinese drugs on Nigerians in rural communities in the state.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/politics/4172-nigeria-nafdac-parades-two-fake-cameroonian-doctors-in-kaduna.html

Clearwater, Florida -- A man who admits he killed his own father will see no jail time after a judge found him not guilty by reason of insanity.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/latest-news/4164-man-kills-dad-blames-red-bull-found-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity-video.html

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They are the gruesome images that are testament to the trouble that has hit one Mexican city which has become a flashpoint for the war on drugs.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/latest-news/4156-mexican-gangs-hang-rival-members-from-city-centre-bridges-graphic-photos.html

After at least 10 documented suicide attempts spanning several years, Francisco Solomon Sanchez finally succeeded in killing himself last Friday, reports the Pasadena Star-News.


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Defending champions Egypt head a queue of football heavyweights in danger of failing to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/sports/4149-african-giants-may-miss-nations-cup.html

A GROUP of Malaysian women launched an "Obedient Wife Club" overnight, urging members to be "whores in bed" and obey their husbands to curb social ills like divorce and domestic violence.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/latest-news/4147-obedient-wife-clubtells-wives-to-be-qprostitutes-in-bedq.html

In a controversial move the French government has said that it will enforce a law so that the words 'Facebook' and 'Twitter' will not be allowed to be spoken on the television or on the radio.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/politics/4140-french-ban-words-twitter-and-facebook-from-being-used-on-tv-and-radio-programs.html

Live updates

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Barber is accused of biting customer's ear in half after complaint about slow haircut

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/latest-news/4131-barber-is-accused-of-biting-customers-ear-in-half-after-complaint-about-slow-haircut.html

Fifa says it is investigating unusual betting patterns relating to Nigeria's 4-1 win over Argentina in Abuja on Wednesday.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/sports/4125-fifa-probes-unusual-betting-on-nigeria-v-argentina-game.html

From the moment of their birth in Buffalo 92 years ago, twin brothers Julian and Adrian Riester rarely left each other's side.

They played together, went to school together, as young men traveled cross-country together -- and, in their 20s, joined the Franciscan order together.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/latest-news/4113-twin-brother-die-on-the-same-day.html

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Lionel Messi was not hurt Thursday after a youngster threw a punch at the Barcelona soccer star as he was leaving a restaurant.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/sports/4111--lionel-messi-attacked-by-teenager-outside-restaurant-.html

Techdirt reports that Senate bill 978 – a bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes – may be used to prosecute people for embedding YouTube videos.

http://kabibi.com/lates-news/business/4106-embedding-youtube-videos-may-soon-be-a-felony.html