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Friday, May 22, 2009

Four suspects stand trial for terror attempts in New York

 
NEW YORK CITY: Four men are expected to appear in a US federal court to face charges linked with planning attacks against a Jewish synagogue and US warplanes based at a New York military base, prosecutors said.

The group, residing in New York, where al-Qaeda extremists with hijacked commercial airliners destroyed the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, was arrested Wednesday on charges of plotting to detonate explosives near a synagogue in the Bronx borough of New York, according to court documents.

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Egypt’s tycoon on death row for killing diva 

CAIRO: A Cairo court sentenced to death on Thursday an Egyptian tycoon and an ex-cop hitman for the murder last year of the businessman’s former lover, Lebanese pop diva Suzanne Tamim.

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Myanmar bars access to Suu Kyi trial again

YANGON: Myanmar’s military junta put the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi back behind closed doors Thursday, after allowing diplomats and journalists to attend the hearing for just one day.

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Pakistan claims anti-Taliban win, struggles with displaced

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday boasted of a military victory in a small Taliban stronghold but struggled to provide for 1.5 million people who fled its onslaught as fears grow of a lengthening crisis.

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan boasted of a military victory in a small Taliban stronghold but struggled to provide for 1.5 million people who fled its onslaught as fears grow of a lengthening crisis. |
-- AFP

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