There is a new wrinkle in the diamond industry. Laser etched serial numbers on natural stones. There is an industrial process that can make true diamonds that rival the natural diamond in all respects. To keep prices high, the diamond market is putting laser etched serial numbers on the natural stones. A diamond absent the serial number may soon have a little value as a piece of broken window glass.
Spanish court jails 10 al-Qaida suspects
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MADRID, Spain -- Ten suspects charged with membership in an al-Qaida cell that allegedly helped prepare the Sept. 11 attacks have been jailed to prevent them fleeing Spain ahead of their trial, court officials said Saturday.
The 10, including Al-Jazeera reporter Tayssir Alouni, were arrested earlier this week and jailed Friday after being free on bail for more than a year.
They were among 40 people, including Osama bin Laden, indicted by Judge Baltasar Garzon on charges of belonging or collaborating with al-Qaida. Eleven people, including the alleged leader of al-Qaida in Spain, Imad Yarkas, were already in jail while the rest, including most of the principal suspects, are at large.
Garzon charged some of the 40 with actually helping prepare the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Garzon, who issued the first indictments in September 2003, argued that al-Qaida used Spain as a staging ground for the attacks so he had jurisdiction to seek prosecution.
Along with Alouni, the other nine jailed Friday were Basam Dalati Salut, Sid Ahmed Boudjella, Ghasoub Al Abrash Ghayoun, Mohamed Khair El Saqqa, Abdalrahman Alarnot, Kamel Hadid Chaar, Jamal Hussein Hussein, Waheed and Ahmad Koshaji Kelani.