International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested for allegedly sodomizing a Manhattan hotel maid, a media report said.

US officials on Sunday welcomed visitors to the USS Carl Vinson warship, from which Osama bin Laden's body was buried at sea, but did not discuss the ultra-secretive attack that killed him, reflecting America's concern over possible retaliation.

Investigations into materials seized from Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad hideout is increasingly throwing up evidence that the Al Qaeda chief had a "support network" in Pakistan, which made him so confident that he did not have an escape plan, media reports said on Friday.

Google Inc is close to settling a US criminal investigation into allegations it made money by accepting ads from online pharmacies that break US laws, says a media report.

Using intermediaries and inexpensive computer discs, Osama bin Laden managed to send emails while in hiding, without leaving a digital fingerprint for United States eavesdroppers to find.

US President Barack Obama has sought a two-year extension for Robert Mueller, who is heading the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 2001.

The initial shipment of US-supplied non-lethal aid to Libya's Transitional National Council (TNC), the body of Libyan rebels based in Benghazi, has been delivered, a US official has said.

A key US lawmaker has introduced a legislation in the House of Representatives to stop American aid to Pakistan, saying the killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad has made it clear that Islamabad concealed, protected and enabled him for many years.

The US on Wednesday sharpened its criticism of China's human rights record, citing handling of restive Tibet region, triggering a strong retort from Beijing.

Pakistan has agreed to grant US access to the three widows of Osama bin Laden, who were detained soon after the killing of the Al Qaeda chief in his Abbottabad hideout last week, media reports said on Tuesday.