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Cairo : Egypt | Feb 29, 2012 at 3:56 AM PST
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Senior Al-Qaeda operative Seif al-Adel, who was reported to have briefly taken over the militant network's leadership after Osama bin Laden's death, was arrested at Cairo airport on Wednesday, security officials said. The officials did not say why the Egyptian militant, who is on the FBI's most wanted... FULL ARTICLE AT NOW Lebanon
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