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Boston Bomber Indicted, Holder has Final Say on Execution
Boston Bomber Indicted, Holder has Final Say on Execution:
Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of killing four people in the largest mass-casualty attack on US soil since September 11, 2001.
The 30-count indictment filed in Boston federal court charges the 19-year-old ethnic Chechen with setting off two homemade pressure-cooker bombs in a crowd of thousands at the race’s finish line and with committing a carjacking and engaging in a gun battle with police before his April 19 arrest.
Tsarnaev could be executed if convicted. His public defender, Miriam Conrad, declined to comment on the charges, which include use of a weapon of mass destruction, bombing a public place and carjacking during four days that traumatized the Boston area.
“Today’s charges reflect the serious and violent nature of the event … the defendant’s alleged conduct forever changed lives,” said Carmen Ortiz, the US Attorney in …
Pakistani Christian Girl Falsely Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan, Now in CanadaPakistani Christian Girl Falsely Accused of Blasphemy in Pakistan, Now in Canada: A Christian girl who was accused of burning Islam’s holy book in a case that focused international attention on Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws was forced to move to Canada over security concerns, her lawyer said Saturday. The girl left Pakistan with her parents, three sisters and a brother on March 14, attorney Tahir Naveed Chaudhry said. A Muslim cleric who lobbied for her release, Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, said she had been facing threats and was moving constantly. “I am sad that this innocent girl had to leave Pakistan. She had been acquitted … California School Defends Right to have Robert Spencer as Conference SpeakerCalifornia School Defends Right to have Robert Spencer as Conference Speaker: A controversial author, who was recently banned from entering the United Kingdom, is among the guest speakers at a conference being put on by the Napa-based Kolbe Academy Home School. Robert Spencer served as the director of Kolbe Academy’s national home-school program in the 1990s. He also taught high school history, literature and religion at the Napa campus. The Kolbe Academy Home School program is a separate legal entity, with separate management, from Kolbe Academy & Trinity Prep — the pre-K-12 school located off Redwood Road. Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch, … Three German Aid Workers Kidnapped in SyriaThree German Aid Workers Kidnapped in Syria Three members of German aid group Gruenhelme, reported missing for more than six weeks, have been kidnapped in northwest Syria, the organization said. “It has been 45 days since three members and employees of Gruenhelme were kidnapped overnight on May 14-15, in the village of Harem” in northwest Idlib province near the Turkish border, the group’s founder Rupert Neudeck said in a statement dated Friday. The aid group has contacted the German foreign ministry, police and Syrian exiles in Germany in a bid to obtain news of its employees, but to no avail, said Neudeck. A spokesman … Femen Activists Bare Breasts Inside of Swedish MosqueFemen Activists Bare Breasts Inside of Swedish Mosque: Three feminist activists from the protest group Femen staged a topless protest inside a Stockholm mosque on Saturday before they were led away by police. The women burst into the mosque and tore off their black robes to bare their breasts, which were emblazoned with slogans such as “No sharia in Egypt and the world” and “My body is mine, not somebody’s honor”. The women shouted “Free Women”, “No Sharia” and “No Oppression”. The mosque was largely empty at the time apart from a couple of employees and some members of the press who had been … Violence Continues in Muslim Enclave in ChinaViolence Continues in Muslim Enclave in China: Chinese leaders said they will crack down on “terrorist groups” that have staged deadly protests in the heavily Muslim western province Xinjiang. Though details are sketchy because much of the information is tightly controlled by the Chinese government, it was reported that more than 100 people riding motorcycles, some wielding knives, attacked a police station in the desert city Hotan Friday. The attack came a day after clashes in another part of the region killed 35 people. Xinjiang borders central Asia and its population is 45 percent Uighur Muslims — a group that’s been increasingly marginalized … Muslims Down-Under to Launch TV Commercials to Improve ImageMuslims Down-Under to Launch TV Commercials to Improve Image Muslim activists will launch the first TV commercial in Australia about the Prophet Mohammed in a bid to improve the religion’s battered image. The Islamic community has raised a war chest of “tens of thousands” of dollars to fund a series of 30-second commercials, due to air on the main television networks from July 9. They are the brainchild of the Mypeace organization, based at Bankstown, which is attempting to build bridges between the Muslim community and other Australians. The prime-time ads, set to appear on Channels 7, 9, and 10, and SBS over several … French Butcher Terrorized, Driven Out by Muslims Because he Sold PorkFrench Butcher Terrorized, Driven Out by Muslims Because he Sold Pork: Intimidations, proselytism, drug trafficking… For several months, shopkeepers and locals in the Italie shopping centre, in Rennes, have been complaining about pressures and they talk about a deteriorating climate. In the crosshairs: a handful of troublemakers. In the Italie shopping centre, in the Blosne district of Rennes, the butcher-processor has finally closed its doors at the end of April. “Worn out by the pressure,” the shopkeeper sold his premises. At the beginning of June, in renovated premises, a halal butcher will move in, the second in this site which has fifteen … 22 Million People Call for Removal of Morsi, Egypt Braces for Massive Sunday Protest22 Million People Call for Removal of Morsi, Egypt Braces for Massive Sunday Protest: As Egypt prepares for a “million man protest” against President Mohammed Morsi on Sunday, the opposition Tamarod said that more than 22 million people have signed a petition demanding Morsi’s departure and a snap election. “Our petition has gathered 22,134,465 signatures,” Tamarod spokesman Mahmud Badr told journalists on Saturday. Thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo on Friday in two opposing mass rallies, one calling for Morsi’s ouster, and another showing support for the embattled Islamist president. Meanwhile, Egyptian opposition leader Mohammad ElBaradei has called on all Egyptians to take part in the … Update: Priest Beheaded by Syrian Rebels has been IdentifiedUpdate: Priest Beheaded by Syrian Rebels has been Identified: A 49-year-old Syrian priest and hermit was killed June 23, apparently when a group of rebels attacked the Franciscan Convent of St. Anthony in Ghassanieh, a village in the north near the Turkish border. Franciscan Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the head of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, told Vatican Radio June 24 that Father Francois Murad was not a Franciscan, but had taken refuge in the convent when it became clear he was not safe at the Syriac Catholic hermitage he was building nearby. Syriac Catholic Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo of Hassake-Nisibi told … |
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