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...including allegations that he incited his followers to murder Jews and other non-Muslims. Abu Hamza, a former imam at a north London mosque, has been in detention since his arrest in May on a U.S. extradition warrant. The British indictment will now take precedence. On the Alert SPAIN Antiterror police asked Switzerland to extradite Algerian Mohamed Achraf, alleged ringleader of a group of Islamic extremists suspected of plotting to blow up Madrid's National Court. Spanish examining magistrate Baltasar Garzón questioned eight suspected members of the gang arrested in nationwide swoops, and a further 10 Islamic extremists...
...majority of females - who live without identification papers - before the three-stage election process begins in February 2005. ARRESTED MAMOUN DARKAZANLI, 46, a Syrian-born German suspected of having ties to Osama bin Laden and serving as a fund-raiser for al-Qaeda networks in Europe; in Hamburg. German antiterror police arrested him on a European warrant at the request of Spanish authorities, who believe he helped purchase a boat for bin Laden. DIED CHRISTOPHER REEVE, 52, chiseled star of the Superman movies, who became even better known for his inspiration and activism after a 1995 horseback-riding accident that...
...Yusuf Islam incident earlier this week, in which the former Cat Stevens was denied entry into the U.S. when federal officials determined he was on the government's "no-fly" antiterror list, started with a simple spelling error. According to aviation sources with access to the list, there is no Yusuf Islam on the no-fly registry, though there is a "Youssouf Islam." The incorrect name was added to the register this summer, but because Islam's name is spelled "Yusuf" on his British passport, he was allowed to board a plane in London bound for the U.S. The Transportation...
...stalled Northern Ireland peace process and restore the province's power-sharing government broke up with no agreement. But the meeting's hosts, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern, said that progress had been made. Talks continue this week. Casting the Net Wide FRANCE Antiterror officials arrested five suspected Islamic militants thought to be linked to a Moroccan man under investigation investigation in connection with the 9/11 attacks on the U.S. Four of the five, who were detained in the eastern Alsace region, were later reportedly released without charge. No Amends Needed POLAND The government...
...very big blow to jihadists," says one French counterterrorism official. The French say Arif, a veteran of Afghan and Chechen camps, is implicated in a foiled December 2000 plot to bomb the Christmas market outside Strasbourg Cathedral. Arif's alleged role involved recruiting, organizing and oversight. French antiterror magistrates Jean-Louis Bruguière and Jean-François Ricard are also holding Arif for alleged similar involvement with a Chechen-trained group arrested outside Paris in December 2002 that is suspected of planning a chemical-bomb attack. "Arif's activities and associates span from Azerbaijan to England ," the French...