Michel Jacksons Doctors Office Raided By Drug Agents

Houston: U.S. drug enforcement agents and Los Angeles police on Wednesday raided a Houston clinic owned by Conrad Murray, the doctor who was with pop icon Michael Jackson when he died, looking for evidence of manslaughter.

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Obama defends health care reforms

Obama defends healthcare plans
President Barack Obama has defended his plans for health reform in a news conference broadcast live in the US. Mr Obama pledged to push through a reform package by the end of the year that would reduce health costs, increase choice and widen coverage.
Congress is currently debating various proposals, and lawmakers are struggling to reach agreement.
Mr Obama said he now saw "broad agreement" on passing a reform, but a few issues still needed working out. The president has made passing a health care reform bill the top priority of his first year in the White House. In the past 10 days, he has embarked on an aggressive push to promote his plans, as members of Congress argue over the details of reform.

The BBC's Jane O'Brien in Washington says this is the first big test of Mr Obama's political strength and a measure of how far he is prepared to bend to achieve his agenda.
Any failure will be seen by his opponents as a major personal defeat, she says.

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Bin Laden son 'believed killed'

Bin Laden son 'believed killed'

It is not known if Osama Bin Laden was in the same location as his son One of Osama Bin Laden's sons is believed to have been killed by a US missile strike in Pakistan earlier this year, a US intelligence official says.
The official told National Public Radio agents were "80 to 85%" sure Saad Bin Laden was dead, but added that without a body it was hard to be certain.

The son was not deliberately targeted and happened to be "in the wrong place at the wrong time", the official said.
Saad Bin Laden was active in al-Qaeda but not a major player, he added.
House arrest "We make a big deal out of him because of his last name," the senior intelligence official told the US-based radio station.

Saad Bin Laden was Osama Bin Laden's third son and in his late 20s.
US intelligence agencies believe he fled to Pakistan after spending several years under house arrest in Iran.

He was probably killed by a Hellfire missile fired from a US Predator drone, the official said.

He gave no date for the strike, saying only it was "sometime this year".

It is not known if he was in the same location as his father, who is believed to be hiding in the rugged mountainous tribal area that runs along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

The US has stepped up its drone attacks on targets linked to al-Qaeda and Taliban militants in the area.

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