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Submission + - Leaked doc may forced US to attack Osama earlier (guardian.co.uk)

Submitted by cf18 on Tuesday May 03, 2011 @04:39PM

cf18 writes: Wikileaks released a set of leaked Guantanamo prisoner files to public last week. Among them a document dated from 2008 mentioned both Osama's trusted courier's name and Abbottabad, the city which Osama had been hiding inside. There are speculations that, fearing al-Qaida realize their courier may have been tracked and move Osama, the US administration accelerated their plan and attacked the target site over the weekend.

This link highlights the section of the document.

Submission + - French top chess players suspended for cheating (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by cf18 on Friday March 25, 2011 @05:13PM

cf18 writes: The French chess federation has suspended three top players for violating sporting ethics at a chess olympiad in Siberia last September. The allegation claims while the first member was playing, a second member would watch the game via internet, used software to find the best move and send it to the third member via SMS. The third member would then sit himself at a particular table in the competition hall. Each table represented an agreed square on the chess board.

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