The first 11 September suspect outside the United States to face trial he risks life in prison if convictedThe prosecution says el

The first 11 September suspect outside the United States to face trial, he risks life in prison if convictedThe prosecution says el Motassadeq trained at an al–Qa’ida camp in Afghanistan and helped the Hamburg cell with logistical support leading up to the attacks. But his defence revised that account after he testified today that he last saw the lead suicide hijacker Mohamed Atta in May 2000 “when I planned to go to Pakistan, Afghanistan.”Defence attorney Hartmut Jacobi told reporters that el Motassadeq indeed went to Afghanistan, where “he was in a training camp.”El Motassadeq told the Hamburg state court he last saw Atta in May 2000 “when I planned to go to Pakistan, Afghanistan.” He also testified that he often talked with Atta but never heard a word from him about the group’s plans.Prosecutors allege el Motassadeq was a key cell logistician. A Muslim man was beaten and later died from his injuries, and buses and vehicles were set on fire as the nationalists rampaged through the streets.The incident was one of the most serious attacks against Muslims since the end of the 1992-95 war. Then, most of Banja Luka’s Muslims were expelled and all of the city’s 17 mosques were destroyed, including the Ferhadija mosque, built in the 16th century.International officials had organised the reconstruction project as part of efforts to promote reconciliation and the return of refugees.. As local leaders, diplomats and hundreds of Muslims gathered to watch, Bosnian Serbs encircled them and threw stones. One group broke through a police cordon and charged at the crowd.Those attending the ceremony, including Jacques Klein, one of the highest-ranking international officials in Bosnia at the time, fled.

“Our victory is based on a clear sentiment among Montenegrins that we must have our statehood,” Igor Luksic, a senior aide to the Montenegrin President, Milo Djukanovic, said. Bolstered by a weekend election triumph, Montenegro’s pro-independence movement said yesterday it will pursue its goal of independence for the tiny Yugoslav republic. EU officials have mediated between Belgrade and Mr Djukanovic for months, urging the two sides to speed the forming of the union and avert the final breakup of the troubled federation.. Although the officers were off-duty at the time of the crashes, and all have been fired, the Interior Ministry has threatened a more sweeping crackdown.

“When policemen who should be watchdogs of laws break them and drive like this in public … it’s viewed very sensitively,” ministry spokesman Jozef Sitar said.In the first eight months of this year, 1,664 alcohol-related automobile accidents were reported in this Central European country of 5.4 million, where alcoholism remains widespread.. Slovakia’s police are under fire from citizens angry that 27 officers have been involved in drink-driving accidents so far this year.
Six people, including a mother and her toddler, have died in accidents involving intoxicated officers. Agricultural attach?tend to be only in embassies in countries from which Russia traditionally imported grain, not in potential export markets.. The main export markets are the Middle East, northern Africa and southern Europe.But Russian grain suffers an image problem. “State financing must appear on the scene,” Andrei Syzov, general director of the agricultural analysis centre SovEcon, has said. Getting the grain out of Russia is just one part of the battle.Russia also must persuade the world community to buy it.