Aquino on US carrier where Bin Laden buried at sea

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Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has led senior members of his Cabinet on a visit to the USS Carl Vinson, from where Osama bin Laden's body was buried at sea.

A statement from the US embassy says the Carl Vinson and three other ships in the carrier group are embarking on a four-day routine port call and goodwill visit to Manila starting on Sunday.

Embassy spokeswoman Rebecca Thompson says Aquino, US ambassador Harry Thomas Jr and other Philippine officials were flown early on Saturday on a US military aircraft to the carrier.

It is still in international waters approaching the Philippines. It is coming from the North Arabian sea, where Bin Laden was buried after he was killed by US forces following a raid on his hide-out in Pakistan.