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Police have arrested a second teen in the triple homicide at a South Minneapolis market, according to Mayor R.T. Rybak and Police Chief Tim Dolan. The chief and mayor held a news conference on Sunday afternoon to discuss the triple homicide that happened at the Seward Market and announce the second arrest. They said the second teen arrested, a 17-year-old, turned himself in. They are releasing few details about the two teens arrested and said they will not release any identifying information about them until charges have been filed. SNIP.... Omar Jamal, an advocate for the Somali community in Minnesota,...

Twin Cities activist Omar Jamal said Tuesday he has helped ensure that a suspected pirate is treated justly while in federal custody in New York. But if a Minnesota legislative leader has his way, it will be the last pirate Jamal helps. Jamal, executive director of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center in St. Paul, said that he spoke Monday with the parents of suspected pirate Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse and that he has been consulting with Muse's attorneys. He said he intended to be in court Tuesday, but Muse's public defender said his presence wouldn't be necessary. But House Minority Leader...

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A Twin Cities Somali community activist said he is on his way to New York this morning on a mission to ensure that an accused pirate is treated justly in a court appearance this afternoon. Omar Jamal, executive director of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center in St. Paul, said he spoke Monday with the parents of Abdiwali Abduhl Wali-i-Musi, the sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of an American ship captain. Jamal said he intends to be in court today with Wali-i-Musi and carrying a letter from his parents in Somalia explaining that Jamal has permission to arrange for...

Somalis in U.S. draw FBI attention War at home seen as lure The FBI is expanding contacts with Somali immigrant communities in the U.S., especially in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, fearing that terrorists are recruiting young men for suicide missions in their homeland. FBI Special Agent E.K. Wilson, spokesman for the Twin Cities FBI field office, described the effort as community outreach. Many members of the Somali community are concerned over disappearances, he said.

<p>Some consider it a case of the government trying to quiet a dissident. Others say it's simply an immigration fraud crackdown -- post-9/11 -- aimed at verifying exactly who has entered the country. Local Somali advocate Omar Jamal, 30, is scheduled to be arraigned in federal court in Memphis today. He's expected to plead not guilty to six felony counts of allegedly filing false immigration documents in Tennessee five years ago.</p>