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US Court asks FBI to file charges against Rana by Jan 14...the US attorney said. "Additionally, further investigation regarding the full scope of the two defendants' activities is ongoing and includes gaining assistance from foreign authorities," it said. A Chicago court has given 58-day... In this article: Federal Bureau of Investigation, India, Chicago, Denmark, Defendant, and Lashkar-e-Taiba |
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thestar.com | October 28, 2009
Canadian tied to cartoon revenge plot
...from members of the Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba. Both defendants are believed to be graduates of a military school in Hasan Abdal, Pakistan. In an excerpt from a web-based discussion group of the school's alumni,...
In this article: FBI, Kurt Westergaard, Jyllands-Posten, Toronto, Chicago, and Irshad Manji
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International Herald Tribune | November 21, 2008
Danish court acquits man accused of plotting to kidnap soldiers
...and use them as hostages has been acquitted. Prosecutors say the defendant - a Dane of Turkish origin - posted messages on the Internet urging the kidnapping of Danish soldiers abroad. They say the hostages would be used to demand the...
In this article: Copenhagen, Congo, Denmark, and The New York Times
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Wikipedia | October 25, 2009
Burr conspiracy
...animosity between the President and the Chief Justice. Aaron Burr, his prospects for a political career squashed, left the United States for a self-imposed exile in Europe until 1812. Burr spent most of his time in England but is known to...
In this article: Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson, James Wilkinson, Anthony Merry, John Marshall, New Orleans, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Misdemeanor
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Independent.co.uk - World | September 18, 2008
T-shirt vendors jailed for breaking anti-terror laws
...anti-terror laws. The defendants were associated with a Danish company that sold the T-shirts carrying the acronyms Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), and PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine). Both groups are...
In this article: Parole, Palestinian militants, EU, and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
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Times of India | November 03, 2009
National Defence College on Lashkar target: FBI
...that was recovered during Headley's arrest." "Headley gained access into the Jyllands-Posten facility by acting as a representative of defendant Rana's business," said the federal prosecutors. "Based on email communications from Headley,...
In this article: FBI, National Defence College, Chicago, India, Department of Justice, and Denmark
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www.washingtonpost.com | February 15, 2007
Danish Teenager Sentenced in Terror Plot
...others on Oct. 27, 2005, after a tip from Bosnian police. Investigators used mobile phone records and Internet chats to link the defendants in Denmark to the Bosnian plot. A jury in the Eastern High Court said Thursday there was enough...
In this article: Denmark
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A defendant or defender (Δ in legal shorthand) is any party who is required to answer the complaint of a plaintiff or pursuer in a civil lawsuit before a court, or any party who has been formally charged or accused of violating a criminal statute.
A defendant in a civil action usually makes his or her first court appearance voluntarily in response to a summons, whereas a defendant in a criminal case is often taken into custody by police and brought before a court, pursuant to an arrest warrant. The actions of a defendant, and its lawyer counsel, is known as the defense.
A respondent is the parallel term used in a proceeding which is commenced by petition.
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