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. Militant linked to embassy and hotel bombings. Car carrying wanted men strafed near MogadishuHelicopter-borne US special forces carried out a revenge raid in Somalia that killed a top al-Qaida commander high on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list, US officials in Washington said last night.Saleh Ali Nabhan, 28, a leader of al-Shabab, a group closely linked to al-Qaida, was alleged to have been involved in the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 that killed 229 people. He is also accused of involvement in attacks in 2002 on a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, popular with Israelis, in which 15 people died, and a botched missile attack on a plane carrying tourists from Mombasa to Israel.A US official said two men travelling in a car in Somalia were killed when helicopters opened fire yesterday, and two others were wounded and captured. Another official said it was most likely that Nabhan, who had been on the FBI wanted list for several years, had been killed.Witnesses on the

. Militant linked to embassy and hotel bombings. Car carrying wanted men strafed near MogadishuHelicopter-borne US special forces carried out a revenge raid in Somalia that killed a top al-Qaida commander high on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list, US officials in Washington said last night.Saleh Ali Nabhan, 28, a leader of al-Shabab, a group closely linked to al-Qaida, was alleged to have been involved in the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 that killed 229 people. He is also accused of involvement in attacks in 2002 on a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, popular with Israelis, in which 15 people died, and a botched missile attack on a plane carrying tourists from Mombasa to Israel.A US official said two men travelling in a car in Somalia were killed when helicopters opened fire yesterday, and two others were wounded and captured. Another official said it was most likely that Nabhan, who had been on the FBI wanted list for several years, had been killed.Witnesses on the

Kanye West is getting his Hugh Grant moment on Jay Leno's new show.

The musician helps launch Jay Leno's new primetime show by expressing remorse over his treatment of Taylor Swift

The Obama administration's special Mideast envoy will be huddling with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, hoping to wring an agreement on Jewish West Bank settlements that would get moribund peace talks back on track. George Mitchell's first meeting on...

Kanye West admitted to Jay Leno Monday night what the rest of America figured out 24 hours earlier: He screwed up big-time.

'I'm just ashamed my hurt caused someone else's hurt,' he says

POP stars have slammed Kanye West after the rapper shocked the MTV Video Music Awards by crashing the stage during Taylor Swift's speech.

Later into the show, the mention of Kanye's name was boo'd across the crowd. What he had done was foul and extremely poor etiquette at such an event and towards such a young singer who had strived to make it as far as she had.Contributor: Ayami ChinPublished: Sep 14, 2009

Will Kanye West get his Hugh Grant moment on Jay Leno's new show? There was no plan for West to chat with the host after performing with Rihanna and Jay-Z on the debut of 'The Jay Leno Show,' NBC said Monday, a few hours before the program was scheduled to tape. It airs at 10 p.m. EDT Monday.