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Nation reacts to Osama bin Laden’s death

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Americans gather to celebrate the death of the al-Qaeda leader and mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

May 5, 2011 - New York President Obama lays a wreath at the 9/11 Memorial in New York. Obama took a defiant message to the New York epicenter of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, warning that Osama bin Laden's death proved America will never fail to bring terrorists to "justice." Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

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Photos: The life of Osama bin Laden

Al-Qaeda leader’s death nearly a decade after attacks on New York and Pentagon.

Photos: Osama bin Laden’s hideout raided in Pakistan

The long-hunted al-Qaeda leader was killed by U.S. forces in a surgical raid.

Photos: Bin Laden’s death dominates front pages

Newspapers marked the end of the manhunt.

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