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Beijing (AFP) May 3, 2011 China said the death of Osama bin Laden was a "positive development" in the fight against terrorism and called for stepped-up world anti-terror cooperation. "We believe (bin Laden's death) is a milestone and a positive development in the international anti-terrorism struggle," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a statement posted on the ministry's website late Monday. "Terrorism is the common enemy of the international community. China has also been a victim of terrorism, " said the statement. "China maintains that the international community should step up cooperation in working together to fight terrorism." Bin Laden was killed in a raid by US armed forces on a heavily-fortified compound in the Pakistani garrison town of Abbottabad on Sunday. The death of the Al-Qaeda leader blamed for the September 11 attacks of 2001 set off jubilation in the United States but also warnings around the worldwide of potential reprisals by his supporters.
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