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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080616/wl_asia_afp/australiaattacksjustice
(AFP)

“Australian ordered to face re-trial on terror-related changes”
1 hour, 17 minutes ago

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian terrorism suspect whose conviction was overturned in 2006 was ordered to stand trial again Monday for allegedly receiving money from Al-Qaeda and possessing a false passport.

The Victoria state Court of Appeal ordered the retrial after prosecutors said they had new evidence about former Melbourne taxi driver Jack Thomas’ alleged links to Al-Qaeda.

Thomas, a Muslim convert, received a five-year jail term in February 2006 after being convicted of accepting 3,500 US dollars in cash and an air ticket home from a senior Al-Qaeda operative in Pakistan.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_terror_trial
(AP)

“Court OKs retrial for Australian terror suspect”
Sun Jun 15, 10:51 PM ET
MELBOURNE, Australia -

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Thomas told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. that he met Osama bin Laden several times in the lead up to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States. In interviews broadcast in 2006, he described the al-Qaida leader as a “very polite and humble and shy” man who did not mind being hugged.”