Pakistan's President Says Osama bin Laden Could Be Dead
THE TELEGRAPH: Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has raised the prospect that Osama bin Laden could be dead after he said that intelligence officials could find "no trace" of the al-Qaeda chief.

He said that neither his own advisers in Pakistan nor US intelligence agencies had detected any trace of the al-Qaeda leader since Al Jazeera television broadcast an audio recording of his voice in March.

But even then, unlike on previous occasions the authenticity of the voice purporting to be bin Laden was not confirmed by the CIA.

There have been regular reports of bin Laden's ill health, notably speculation about his kidneys failing. Mr Zardari said his own advisers believed there was substance to the rumours.

"The question is whether he is alive or dead. There is no trace of him," he said. >>> By Dean Nelson and Emal Khan in Peshawar | Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Bin Laden's Son Seeks Asylum in Spain after Being Refused Visa to Live in UK with His British Wife
Omar bin Laden, OBL’s son, with his British wife, Zaina bin Laden in Rome in February. Photo courtesy of Mail Online
MAIL Online: Osama Bin Laden's son has claimed political asylum in Spain - after being refused entry to live in the UK with his British wife.

Omar Osama bin Laden, 27, is being held in Madrid's Barajas Airport after arriving in the Spanish capital on a Moroccan-bound flight from Egypt.

Omar, toyboy husband of a grandmother-of-five previously known as Jane Felix-Browne, is reported to be in the transit hall of the airport's newly-built terminal four.

He is expected to remain there while Interpol confirms his identity and officials consider his asylum claim.

Spanish newspaper El Pais said authorities had decided to process his case 'speedily.'

Omar's surprise asylum claim comes seven months after he was told his British visa application was being turned down at the British Embassy in Cairo because of suggestions he could still be loyal to his terrorist dad.

He is thought to have flown into Madrid without his British wife, now known as Zaina Alsabah-bin Laden.

The couple were planning to move to her £550,000 home in the village of Moulton, near Northwich in Cheshire, when he was refused a UK visa.

Mrs bin Laden, a member of the parish council in Moulton until recently, is severely visually impaired and said she needs access to medical treatment but refuses to be apart from her husband. >>> | November 4, 2008

TIMESONLINE: Bin Laden Son Claims Asylum in Spain

One of Osama bin Laden’s sons has claimed political asylum in Spain, insisting that he is a pacifist who does not share the beliefs of the world’s most wanted terrorist.

Omar Ossama bin Laden, 27, claimed asylum when his flight from Cairo to Casablanca stopped over in Madrid’s Barajas airport last night, reportedly accompanied by his British wife Jane Felix-Browne, 52, a grandmother from Cheshire.

Mr bin Laden, who was travelling on a Saudi Arabian passport, was on Tuesday being interviewed at the airport by Spanish immigration officials, who have 72 hours to make a decision. He can appeal if he is refused.

In April, he was banned from entering Britain to live with Mrs Felix-Browne, who goes by her Islamic name Zaina Mohamad, because of fears that his presence would cause “considerable public concern”. Officials told Mr bin Laden that there was evidence he was still loyal to his father. >>> Graham Keeley in Barcelona | November 5, 2008

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