Is Bin Laden dead? U.S. attempting to confirm reports
BY GREGOR

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Via Reuters:

The French regional daily L'Est Republicain reported that, according to a French secret service report, Saudi Arabia is convinced bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan in late August. The French government has said it could not confirm the report and would investigate the intelligence leak.

The U.S. government is unable to confirm a French newspaper report that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is believed to have died last month in Pakistan, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday.

"We don't have any confirmation of those reports," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.

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***Update: Possibly alive, but gravely ill?

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