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  • Pakistani wins ruling in terror trial

    11/08/2005 12:10:19 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 4 replies · 349+ views
    ap on Yahoo ^ | 11/07/05 | ap - New York
    NEW YORK - A Pakistani man can use statements from al-Qaida prisoners to defend himself against charges alleging he agreed to help terrorists sneak into the United States, but he won't be allowed to call Khalid Sheik Mohammed or two other al-Qaida operatives as witnesses, a judge ruled Monday. Uzair Paracha's lawyer said it would be the first time al-Qaida prisoners' statements would be used before a jury since the 2001 terrorist attacks. "The statements completely contradict the government's theory of the case," said the attorney, Anthony Ricco. Opening statements in Paracha's trial are expected as early as Wednesday. U.S....
  • Sharpton vows to 'close this city' after officer acquittals

    04/26/2008 4:28:39 PM PDT · by SkyPilot · 144 replies · 252+ views
    AP ^ | 26 Apr 08 | VERENA DOBNIK
    NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to "close this city down" to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed a groom on his wedding day and wounded two friends. "We strategically know how to stop the city so people stand still and realize that you do not have the right to shoot down unarmed, innocent civilians," Sharpton told an overflow crowd of several hundred people at his National Action Network office in the historically black Manhattan neighborhood. "This city is going...