Nigerian Man Pleads Guilty in Qaeda Plane Bombing Case

Nigerian Man Pleads Guilty in Qaeda Plane Bombing Case

The trial of a man accused of trying to blow up a commercial airliner with a bomb sewed into his underwear ended Wednesday, just a day after it had begun, when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the accused, abruptly announced that he would plead guilty to all of the federal counts against him.

Prosecutors and federal agents seemed stunned, if pleased, and declared that the plea was evidence that the American court system, as opposed to a military tribunal, could bring a suitable outcome to a terrorism case. Anthony Chambers, a legal adviser assigned to Mr. Abdulmutallab,,wholesale authentic nfl jerseys, who was representing himself in court, said that he was disappointed with Mr.,Cheap moncler vests, Abdulmutallab’s last-moment decision, but that it was entirely his choice.

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Iran denies alleged assassination plot

Iran denies alleged assassination plot

Iranian officials on Wednesday strongly rejected the U.S. accusations that the Islamic Republic had plotted to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi said that the new anti-Iran scenario initiated by the United States is "clumsy," the official IRNA news agency reported.

Washington will be compelled to apologize to Tehran for its " unfounded allegation" against Iran,,Stretch tricot knitted fabric, the minister said, adding that "Our friends in the Persian Gulf region are familiar with these devilish conspiracies."

"We enjoy good ties with Saudi Arabia," Salehi said at the sidelines of Wednesday' cabinet meeting, noting that the best way to respond to Washington is disregarding and ignoring such allegations.

On Tuesday, the U.S. authorities said that two men, Manssor Arbabsayar, a 56-year-old U.S. citizen holding both the Iranian and U.S. passports,,Starcraft 2 league, and Gholam Shakuri, an Iranian citizen, were charged with sponsoring and promoting terrorist activities abroad, including a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States.

Meanwhile, Speaker of Iran's Majlis ( parliament) Ali Larijani said Wednesday that the U.S.,Ronaldo soccer jersey , accusations are "immature," the state IRIB TV website reported.

The United States has "acted immaturely in its latest childish game against Iran," Larijani was quoted as saying.

Commenting on U.S. authorities' claims, Larijani said at the Majlis open session that "The United States is to hide its internal problems by putting forward baseless claims through massive media coverage against Iran."

FBI arrests alleged celebrity e-mail hacker

FBI arrests alleged celebrity e-mail hacker

The FBI today arrested a Florida man accused of hacking into e-mail accounts of Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera, and dozens of other celebrities, and releasing stolen photos of them to the Web.

Authorities arrested Christopher Chaney,nike air hypershox 2011 35,Our high risk merchant account was down for about an hour and a half, of Jacksonville, Fla., as part of an 11-month investigation officials dubbed "Operation Hackerazzi," according to a statement from the FBI in Los Angeles.

The 26-count indictment, unsealed yesterday, charges Chaney with unauthorized access of protected computers, wiretapping, identity theft, and damaging computers. He faces as much as 120 years in prison if convicted of all charges. Officials said they will likely request he be transferred to Los Angeles to face prosecution.

While officials said they had identified more than 50 victims, only five were identified by name: Johansson, Aguilera, Kuni, Simone Harouche, and Renee Olstead. Six other alleged victims were identified by initials: B.P., J.A.,,steeler jerseys cheap, L.B., L.S., D.F.,wholesales mac Lip gloss,, and B.G.

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Chaney allegedly found additional victims from the address book on the compromised computers, used victim's identities to access computers, intercepted e-mails, and had e-mails that were sent to victims automatically forwarded to an account he controlled, according to the indictment. "This form of wiretapping allowed Chaney to continually receive victims' e-mails even after a password had been reset," the FBI said.

Govt mulls options on Rajiv Gandhi killers under shadow of Afzal Guru

Govt mulls options on Rajiv Gandhi killers under shadow of Afzal Guru

Cabinet committee on political affairs will discuss ways to deal with Tamil Nadu assembly's unanimous resolution seeking commutation of death sentence of the three convicted for plotting Rajiv Gandhi's assassination.

The discussion comes in the backdrop of the eight-week deadline Madras high court set on August 30 for the Centre and the state government to explain the inordinate delay in disposing of the clemency petition of the three convicts. What would have been a tough call, in view of resistance to the hanging of the LTTE activists, has been complicated by similar demand from Kashmir Valley to reprieve Afzal Guru who has been given death sentence for the 2001 terror attack on Parliament.

The TN assembly had tossed the fraught issue into Centre's lap after intense competition between the AIADMK and the DMK to appease the clamour that Santhan, Murugan and Perarivalan not be sent to the gallows. Karunanidhi's son,shoes are a symbol of nobility. fertilizer minister MK Alagiri, is part of the CCPA.

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Bomb blasts in Iraq's Sadr City kill 16

Bomb blasts in Iraq's Sadr City kill 16

At least 16 people have been killed by two blasts in Baghdad's predominantly Shia neighbourhood of Sadr City, Iraqi security officials say.

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The bombings come a day after the Iraqi capital suffered its worst attacks since August.

A barber in Sadr City, Hassan Rahim, said he was cutting a customer's hair when he heard the first explosion.

"We rushed outside the shop and we saw fire and smoke near the houses," he said.

He went back in his shop to continue working, when the second bomb went off.

"I saw dead people on the ground and several burning cars," the barber said.

"We helped take the wounded to the hospital until the arrival of the ambulances.

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On Wednesday, 22 people were killed when two suicide bombers detonated explosive-laden vehicles minutes apart.

One of the bombers struck at al-Wiya police station in central Baghdad, and another drove his car into a police checkpoint in the busy residential Hurriya neighbourhood.