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...York City turned up evidence that Zazi may have been looking to manufacture either truck or backpack bombs. Zazi and his father appeared in federal court in Denver on Sept. 21; Afzali appeared separately in federal court in Brooklyn. The trio currently face up to eight years in prison, though officials warn the investigation is continuing and more charges may be forthcoming. (See the top 10 inept terrorist plots...
...monthlong trial is a game for big stakes. For de Villepin, a conviction would mean a maximum five-year prison sentence and a 10-year ban from public office - a death blow to his political credibility. Acquittal, however, would allow de Villepin to claim the title as the main Clearstream victim - and add legal persecution to his long list of accusations to pound Sarkozy with...
...Germany's secret police, the Stasi, employed one officer for every 180 G.D.R. citizens and had a network of 180,000 informers. Those who fell foul of the system paid a heavy price. "This is not a museum," insists Cliewe Juritza as he leads a group through the former prison. "If you visit a Baroque palace, you ponder on times that are closed. These times are not closed...
...Case Closes In what has been heralded as one of the biggest antiterrorism successes since Sept. 11, three Britons were convicted of plotting to blow up seven transatlantic airliners using liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks. British nationals Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain face life in prison. The scheme, which was foiled in 2006, led to sweeping changes in airport security, including limits on carry-on liquids. The men's first trial had ended in a hung jury...
...There are more than 700 women still in the prison who have got no one to pay for them.' LUBNA HUSSEIN, a Sudanese journalist convicted of wearing pants that were deemed "indecent" under Sudanese law. She was released from jail after her union paid a $200 fine...