Qaeda suspect killed in Abbottabad Daily Times - Jun 14 2004
	6 of a family buried alive in Abbottabad mud-sliding PakTribune.com - Jan 2 2005
	25 killed, 120 injured in Abbottabad Online - International News Network - Oct 8 2005
	Presence of H5 avian influenza confirmed in Poultry farms of Charsa... Online - International News Network - Mar 21 2006
	Shujaat to blame for Abbottabad riots, says Iftikhar Hussain Daily Times - Apr 13 2010
	Abbottabad -- The military town where bin Laden hid in plain sight CNN International - May 2 2011

It is not the first time that we hear about this city. Indeed, it started to become a popular keyword in 2010. But it truly exploded in the news only very recently (see bottom of the chart). Note that you can use this tool (Google keyword trender) to compare popularity of different types of news, e.g. tornadoes vs. bin Laden.

Source: http://www.google.com/trends?q=Abbottabad&ctab=0&geo=all&am...