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Last Updated: Sunday, 21 May 2006, 00:09 GMT 01:09 UK
"Paris and Rabat in security pact"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "France and Morocco have agreed to work together to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy agreed the deal with his Moroccan counterpart, Chakib Benmoussa.
Mr Sarkozy was in Morocco as part of an African tour, widely seen as a prelude to his presidential bid next year.
He has already visited Benin and Mali, where there were street protests over his tough immigration policy, designed to keep out "unskilled" foreigners.
French MPs have already backed Mr Sarkozy's immigration bill but it can only become law after it has been passed by the Senate."
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"Witness Says Gun Tied to Sniper Shootings"
May 19th - 4:41pm
By STEPHEN MANNING Associated Press Writer
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - A federal ballistics expert testified Friday that most of the bullets used in the 2002 Washington-area sniper shootings were fired by the rifle found in the back of John Allen Muhammad's car.
The testimony of scientist Walter Dandridge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was central to the prosecution's case against Muhammad for six of the sniper shootings in Maryland.
Another key element will likely come next week. Muhammad's accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, was expected to plead guilty to the same six slayings and testify Monday against Muhammad, according to a person close to the case who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was not final.
Neither Malvo's attorney, Tim Sullivan, nor Montgomery County prosecutors would discuss Malvo.
Both men have already been convicted in Virginia. Malvo, who was 18 when the two were arrested, was sentenced to life in prison. Muhammad, 45, was sentenced to death.
The pair is also suspected of earlier shootings in Maryland, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana and Washington state."