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A federal court in the United Arab Emirates has convicted 10 people captured during a raid to retake a ship hijacked by Somali pirates and sentenced them to life behind bars.State news agency WAM says the federal criminal court of first instance in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday found the men guilty of charges related to the hijacking of bulk carrier MV Arrilah-1 last year.The defendants' lawyer did not immediately comment on the case when reached by phone.The UAE-owned Arrilah-1 was hauling aluminum when it was attacked in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Oman on April 1, 2011.Emirati commandos supported by the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet later retook the vessel and captured the pirates while crew members huddled in a secure room onboard. Continue reading →
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BENGHAZI, Libya -- Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the relatives of the attack's 270 victims. He was 60. Scotland released al-Megrahi on Aug. 20, 2009, on compassionate grounds to let him return home to die after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. At the time, doctors predicted he had only three months to live. Anger over the release was further stoked by the hero's welcome he received on his arrival in Libya – and by subsequent allegations that London had sought his release to preserve business interests in the oil-rich North African nation, strongly ... Continue reading →
