By ANNA JOHNSON By Anna Johnson The Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt Al-Qaida confirmed Sunday the death of a top commander accused of training the suicide bombers who killed 17 Norfolk-based sailors on the destroyer Cole eight years ago.

By Anna Johnson Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt -- Al-Qaida confirmed Sunday the death of a top commander accused of training the suicide bombers who killed 17 American sailors on the USS Cole eight years ago.

Al Qaeda confirmed Sunday that Abu Khabab al-Masri, a chemical and biological weapons expert, was killed with three other militants in a suspected U.S. airstrike in Pakistan's border region last week, Reuters reported from Dubai. Masri, 55, who carried a $5 million U.S.

By Stephen Graham ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Missiles hit a building in a Pakistani village on the border with Afghanistan on Monday, and intelligence officials said they were investigating reports that a senior al- Qaida figure was among six people killed.

By COMPILED BY Xanthe Hinchey Pakistan's President, Pervez Musharraf, revealed yesterday that a US missile strike last month killed a close relative of Ayman al- Zawahiri, al-Qaida's deputy leader, and another terror suspect who had a $5m (pounds 2.9m) reward on his head from the Americans.