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Obama Bin Laden, Yes OBAMA BIN LADEN, Plastered on the Yahoo Homepage

18th February 2009 by Zee

Yahoo News has joined other heavy weight news agencies in confusing US President’s name Barack Obama with international terrorist Osama Bin Laden.

CNN made a blunder not so long ago which it was forced to apologise for:

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This latest screw up from Yahoo News can been seen below, time for another apology.

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