breaking news osama bin larden is killed

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all,
i've just heard that elton john is writing a song for bin laden's remains!

"sandals in the bin"

Panda wrote:

malena stool wrote:http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/02/bin.laden.dead/index.html
Heard it on early morning news.

Hi malena, there is much suspicion because Obama"s body was buried at Sea. Apparently the U.S. had agreed to
honour the tradition of burial within 24 hrs, and they were probably concerned if his body had been buried on Land
it would become a shrine.

Panda,
It was the best method of burial all round, his religious beliefs have been satisfied and there is no possibility of a shrine being raised. However he will be hailed by his followers as a martyr and there is a long way to go before the effects of his teachings and convictions no longer pose a threat to normal society.

I FIRST REALIZED THIS NEWS WHEN I TURNED ON TV AND SAW A BBC NEWS SPECIAL AT .12.30 SAYING OSAMA BIN LADEN WAS KILLED,WHEN I TOLD MY CARER ABOUT 11.15,SHE SAID IT HAD HAPPENED THIS MORNING,DIDN'T BELIEVE AT FIRST.

NYT: No honorific for Bin Laden


by Jim Romenesko
Published May 2, 2011 7:38 am
Updated May 2, 2011 7:45 am
Times staffers received this memo early Monday morning:

From: Jolly, Tom
Date: May 2, 2011 4:15:37 AM EDT
To:
Subject: Two style decisions

At Jill and Bill’s request, we dropped the honorific for Bin Laden.

Without a “Mr.” in front of his name, it was decided that we should capitalize the “B” in Bin Laden on second references.

Thanks.

–
Tom Jolly
Associate Managing Editor / Night News
The New York Times
212-556-7197

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http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/romenesko/130395/nyt-no-honorific-for-bin-laden/

i bet this will be on every front page of newspapers tomorrow