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Federal prosecutors are considering weapons charges against former executives at Blackwater Worldwide over allegations that the private security company illegally stockpiled automatic rifles, including AK-47s, at its North Carolina headquarters, people close to the case said. Justice Department officials are reviewing a draft indictment against former Blackwater president Gary Jackson, former general counsel Andrew Howell and a third employee, the sources said. The company has changed its name to Xe.

Osama bin Laden's teenage daughter has left Iran after living under house arrest there since her family fled Afghanistan in 2001, her family said. Iman bin Laden, 18, arrived in Syria last week to live with her mother. The girl had been at the Saudi embassy in Tehran for months after she fled Iranian guards. AP