(Euronews: 1200 PST, May 2, 2011) How will bin Laden's death affect the al Qaeda movement? Euronews asked Dr. Greg Austin, from the EastWest Institute - a global think-and-do tank focused on security issues - if the terrorist group would be weakened by his killing.

(Al Jazeera English: 2022 PST, May 1, 2011) The world's most wanted man, now dead. Osama bin Laden sought by security services since before the attacks of September 11th, 2001, has dominated global consciousness ever since. Born in Saudi Arabia in 1957, he was the son of a prominent businessman of colossal wealth. At age 14 Osama inherited more than 300 million dollars. Journalist Hassan Ibrahim knew bin Laden as a school boy and describes the the infamous Al Qaeda leader: