Canadian terror plot ringleader pleads guiltyOctober 9th, 2009 TORONTO - The ringleader of an Al Qaeda linked group that plotted attacks on Canada has pleaded guilty to his role in the conspiracy. Zakaria Amara, 24, who had planned to flee to Pakistan after carrying out the bombings, is the fourth member of the so-called Toronto-18 group to plead guilty to the plot.
Judge sets hearing date for former Yale lab technician charged with graduate student's murderOctober 6th, 2009 Former Yale lab tech appears in court; hearing setNEW HAVEN, Conn. — A former Yale University lab technician charged with strangling a graduate student and stuffing her body behind a laboratory wall appeared in court Tuesday but did not enter a plea to murder.
Judge says evidence against Jordanian teen sufficient to continue Dallas bomb plot caseOctober 5th, 2009 Judge says Dallas bomb plot case to proceedDALLAS — A judge has ruled there is enough evidence to continue the case against a Jordanian teenager accused of trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper. FBI Special Agent Tom Petrowski testified Monday that 19-year-old Hosam Maher Smadi had researched how to use a cell phone to detonate a bomb.
Man, 2 teens enter not guilty pleas in racially motivated beating of elderly black Md. manSeptember 30th, 2009 Man, 2 teens plead innocent in Md. hate crimeBALTIMORE — A man and two teenagers have pleaded not guilty in what authorities describe as a racially motivated beating of an elderly black fisherman.
Former French premier Villepin, in his big day in court, denies plot to smear SarkozySeptember 30th, 2009 France's Villepin denies plot to smear SarkozyPARIS — Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin denied orchestrating a plot to discredit President Nicolas Sarkozy, in much-awaited testimony Wednesday that is central to a slander trial pitting the two political rivals against each other. Calmly and methodically, Villepin — famed for a 2003 speech at the United Nations arguing against the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq — laid out his defense in what the French have dubbed the Clearstream trial.
California man extradited from Spain to face federal charges in alleged mortgage fraud schemeSeptember 26th, 2009 Calif. mortgage fraud suspect returns from SpainSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A 28-year-old Sacramento man who led authorities on an international manhunt has been returned to California to face federal charges in an alleged mortgage fraud scheme.
25 years and no plot - court asks DDA why the delaySeptember 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pulling up the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for not allotting plots to 25,000 people 25 years after the Rohini scheme was announced, the Delhi High Court Wednesday sought explanation from the urban development ministry. A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Manmohan said, Why have you (DDA) restrained so many people from their right and now showing sympathy towards them? And why people will now pay the higher price of the plot?
The court asked the DDA's commissioner (planning) and the director of the ministry to appear in person Oct 21 and explain the reasons for this delay.
Attorney representing terror suspect assembling seasoned federal teamSeptember 22nd, 2009 Attorney representing terror suspect getting helpDENVER — The attorney representing a Colorado man at the center of a terror probe into an alleged train bombing plot plans to add lawyers to his team after a judge questioned his federal court experience. Arthur Folsom, attorney for Najibullah Zazi, has been handling divorces, drunk driving and criminal cases over the past 11 years in Colorado state courts but has never tried a federal case.
Judge allows Redmond O'Neal to leave jail after plea in drug case; actors' son to enter rehabSeptember 18th, 2009 Redmond O'Neal to leave jail, enter rehabLOS ANGELES — Prosecutors say Redmond O'Neal has pleaded no contest to bringing drugs to a jail facility and will be sent to a yearlong rehab program. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office says the son of actors Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett entered his plea Friday.
Grand jury in Calif. drops charges against former Laotian general in government overthrow caseSeptember 18th, 2009 Charges dropped against Laotian hero in Calif.SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury in California investigating an alleged plot to overthrow the government of Laos has decided to drop charges against a leading figure in the nation's Hmong community.
Defendants may claim entrapment _ with cash and fried chicken _ in NYC synagogue bomb plotSeptember 17th, 2009 NYC synagogue bomb defendants may claim entrapmentWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Four ex-convicts accused of plotting to bomb synagogues and shoot down military planes apparently will claim they were lured into the conspiracy with gifts including cash and fried chicken.
In UK, ringleader of plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jets sentenced to minimum 40 years in jailSeptember 14th, 2009 In UK, airline bomb plot ringleader is sentencedLONDON — A judge has sentenced the ringleader of a plot to bring down trans-Atlantic planes with liquid explosives to a minimum 40 years in jail. Twenty-eight-year-old Abdulla Ahmed Ali was convicted last week of plotting the biggest terrorist attack since Sept.
3 British Muslims convicted of plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jets with liquid explosivesSeptember 7th, 2009 UK court convicts 3 of plot to blow up airlinersLONDON — Three British Muslims were convicted Monday of conspiring to kill thousands of civilians by blowing up trans-Atlantic flights in mid-air with liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks. A jury at a London courthouse found Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, Assad Sarwar, 29, and Tanvir Hussain, 28, guilty of conspiracy to murder by detonating explosives on aircraft.
Terrorist gets 14-year jail in CanadaSeptember 3rd, 2009 TORONTO - A Canadian Muslim youth was jailed for 14 years Thursday for his role in the country's first home-grown terrorist plot. Justice Bruce Dorno of the city court in Brampton on the outskirts of Toronto sentenced 22-year-old Saad Khalid for his role in the so-called Toronto-18 terror plot to avenge Canada's participation in the Afghan mission.
VistaPrint says federal lawsuit accusing company of violating law dismissed by courtSeptember 2nd, 2009 VistaPrint says federal lawsuit dismissedHOUSTON — VistaPrint, which sells business cards and other printed products, said Wednesday that a federal lawsuit against the company and two merchants that alleged violations of various laws has been dismissed by the court. The suit had been filed in federal court in Texas.
