Bin Laden's Family being deported To Saudi Arabia From Pakistan at Midnight

Osama bin Laden's three widows and their nine children are scheduled to be deported to Saudi Arabia around midnight Tuesday.

The family was detained by Pakistani authorities immediately after the pre-dawn raid on May 2 in Abbottabad. 

The relatives were interrogated by Pakistani officials and eventually charged last month with illegally entering and living in the country. They were convicted on April 2 and sentenced to 45 days in prison, with credit for about a month served. Their prison term, which was spent at a well-guarded house in Islamabad, ends Tuesday.

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Indian with 39 wives, 94 kids and 33 grandchildren is the strangest story of 2011

[ via Pakistan Today ] 17 Dec

Ziona Chana, an Indian with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren, all living under one roof, holds the prominent position in "Ripley's Believe It or Not", top 11 strangest stories for this year, Indian media reported on Saturday.

"Ripley's Believe It or Not!" is considered to be the authority on all things odd, amazing and unusual. The annual list of the strangest stories of the year was released by it.

Topping the list of 11 strange stories, is the story reported by London-based newspaper The Telegraph, about Ziona Chana, who lives in a four storied building with 100 rooms in a mountainous village in Mizoram, sharing borders with Burma and Bangladesh.

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Osama's family to be repatriated to Saudia soon

[ The News ] 6 Dec

Pakistan will soon repatriate the two wives and children of the Osama Bin Laden to Saudi Arabia, reported Saudi Arab's Al-Hayat Arabic daily.

The report said:

"An official at the Pakistani Ministry of Interior told Al-Hayat that the Kingdom had agreed to the Pakistani request for the wives and their children to return to Saudi Arabia. Their return had been hampered by the investigation and other problems".

"However, Abdul Aziz Al-Ghadair, the Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan, said he has not received any official directives about the repatriation."

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