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...down on suspected al-Qaeda sympathizers in late April, arresting members of an alleged cell in raids throughout the country. Meanwhile, the trial of five alleged terrorists has started in Frankfurt. The men, all Algerian, are charged with plotting an attack on a cathedral in the French city of Strasbourg...
...trial of suspected Islamic terrorists linked to the al-Qaeda network got off to a turbulent start in Frankfurt as the court evicted one of the accused for shouting threats and insults in Arabic. Four Algerians face charges of planning to detonate a bomb in the French city of Strasbourg in December 2000. Federal prosecutors say they and a fifth accused all trained in camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan from 1998 and belonged to an international terrorist organization called the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat. The trial is expected to last up to 12 months, and the defendants face...
FRANCE Synagogue Arson A series of attacks on Jewish places of worship, cemeteries and shops in France and Belgium was blamed on the worsening Middle East crisis. After a firebomb attack on a Marseilles synagogue, similar assaults were made in Lyons and Montpellier. Near Strasbourg, a bomb was found in a cemetery where arsonists had earlier damaged a pavilion. In the Belgian cities of Brussels and Antwerp, synagogues were also attacked. Prime Minister Lionel Jospin warned that the "passions that flare up in the Middle East must not flare up" in France, home to 4 million Muslims and around...
...Europe's tallest, and it still soars above the surrounding townhouses like a skyscraper. If the weather is foul, take a short stroll to the Palais Rohan, which houses the city's magnificent collection of 15th to 19th century art. But if it's fine, head for the water. Strasbourg is criss-crossed by a network of canals that converge in the picturesque quarter of Petite France. With its half-timbered houses, cobbled streets and geranium-laden balconies, the area has a distinctly German feel...
Over the past decade Strasbourg has been transformed from a provincial French city into a model of urban living. Cars have been virtually banished from the center, traffic circles have been converted into pedestrian squares and road space has been given over to sleek trams. The new Musée d'Art Moderne is typical of this regeneration. The dramatic building, which is dominated by a wall of glass facing the river, is matched by an equally impressive collection of paintings inside: Picassos, Dalís and Kandinskys, plus remarkable collections by local artists Tomi Ungerer and Hans (Jean...