Bin Laden widow can stay in Saudi

Osama bin Laden’s Yemeni widow has received assurances from Saudi officials that she and her children can remain in the kingdom.

Pakistan deported more than a dozen members of the late al-Qaeda leader’s family yesterday morning.

The relative, speaking from Yemen, said Amal Ahmed Abdel-Fatah al-Sada plans to stay in Saudi Arabia with her five children rather than return to her impoverished and violence-wracked homeland. The relative said the bin Laden family, which is one of the most prominent in Saudi Arabia, will provide a home and living expenses.