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Canada refused to extradite brother of accused BOSTON (AP) — A Somali arrested in a post-Sept. 11 crackdown on money transfer businesses was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison for operating without a state licence. Mohamed Hussein was convicted in April of two counts of illegally transmitting money abroad. Hussein, 33, and his brother, Liban Hussein, 31, were arrested during last fall's crackdown on al-Barakaat outlets across the United States. Prosecutors had asked for a sentence of at least four years, three months in prison — a recommendation that drew harsh criticism from U.S. District Judge Robert Keeton. "You're...

<p>A trickle of Somali immigrants have left Nashville, but that may soon turn into a flood if they remain unable to send money to families living in poverty in Africa. ''I like Tennessee. It has always been a nice place,'' said Ibrahim Ali, 26, speaking by phone from his new home in Columbus, Ohio. ''But my family in Mogadishu cannot survive without the money I send.''</p>

UNITED NATIONS June 11 — The United States is updating and trimming the list of over 200 individuals with alleged ties to Afghanistan's former Taliban rulers and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network who are subject to U.N. sanctions, a U.S. official said Tuesday. President Bush issued the first of several executive orders blocking assets of alleged terrorists two weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, and the United Nations followed suit, putting a global hold on most of the assets and accounts identified by Washington. The U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the list needed updating because some...