To survive, debt-laden firms are now being forced to cut back.

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Pakistani officials are adamant that they weren't hiding Mr. bin Laden, and they acknowledge being embarrassed by the raid.

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One of the cases is that of Binyam Mohamed, an Ethiopian who was arrested in Pakistan in 2002 and accused by the US of taking part in a so-called "dirty bomb" plot after being at a camp visited by Osama bin Laden.

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Federal prosecutors allege the conspiracy was led by wealthy Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden, one of 13 indicted fugitives not being tried in the case.

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The profit margins in shipping being as slim as they are, pilots often have to deal with ships so laden (mostly with West African bauxite for the local aluminium smelter) that they have barely a one-foot clearance from the sea-bed.

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One of the largest providers of internet content and search services, Yahoo could end up being acquired by the likes of Microsoft (MSFT) or any of the cash-laden private equity managers, says Miller.

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The source also said that CIA personnel from around the world were being pulled into the Afghan-Pakistan border area, an intelligence-community "surge" to go after bin Laden and other al-Qaida figures.

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