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Official: US strike kills 2 al-Qaida operatives (AP)

 
AP - A U.S. official says two Kenyans said to be among al-Qaida's top operatives on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list were killed New Year's Eve in a U.S. strike in Pakistan. (link)

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