http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-09-23T094036Z_01_L23801953_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SECURITY-BINLADEN-FRANCE.xml
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The Defence Ministry issued the statement after a French regional newspaper, L'Est Republicain, published a report quoting a French secret service report as saying Saudi Arabia is convinced al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan last month.
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A casting call went out from the white house for bin Laden look alikes. It's a well paid impersonation gig. The only downside is you work every two years.