Five Australians jailed for jihad plot

Five Australians jailed for jihad plot
Five Australians jailed for jihad plot
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Five Muslims jailed over Australia jihad plot
Australia terror plotters sentenced
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Five Australians jailed for jihad plot (Reuters)
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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:35 PM PST

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Five Australian Muslims found with weapons and chemicals to make bombs and convicted of plotting a terror attack in Australia were jailed on Monday for terms ranging from 23 to 28 years.

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:53 PM PST

A 7-year-old Rio Carnival queen parades, in tears

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:17 PM PST

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A tearful 7-year-old Carnival queen led exuberant drummers through the Sambadrome stadium on Sunday, in a distressed state that may add to controversy over whether a tiny child should perform such a high-pressure, sexually-charged role.

Five Muslims jailed over Australia jihad plot

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 07:24 PM PST

SYDNEY -Five Muslim men were jailed for up to 28 years on Monday for plotting a violent jihadist attack to protest against Australia's involvement in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Australia terror plotters sentenced

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:09 PM PST

Five men given jail terms from 23 to 28 years for planning attack on an unknown target.

Anti-immigration Hanson quits Australia for Britain: report (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:21 PM PST

AFP - Australian anti-immigration firebrand Pauline Hanson is selling up and heading to Britain after becoming disillusioned with her home country, a magazine reported on Monday.

Congressman says US should break Gaza blockade (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:58 PM PST

AP - The United States should break Israel's blockade of Gaza and deliver badly needed supplies by sea, a U.S. congressman told Gaza students.

UN envoy arrives in Myanmar

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:22 PM PST

Tomas Quintana to meet opposition figures and requests talks with Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:04 PM PST

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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:01 PM PST

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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:01 PM PST

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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:01 PM PST

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Smart Sensor Aims To Replace Phone Trackpads

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

Since its invention more than 30 years ago, the cell phone has gotten a radical makeover. But amid t

Twelve Taliban killed in NATO offensive: Afghan official

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:22 PM PST

MARJAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Twelve Taliban fighters were killed overnight in a NATO offensive against the group's last stronghold in Afghanistan's most violent province, a government official said.

12 killed as truck hits minibus in Philippines (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 08:01 PM PST

AP - Police say a truck blew a tire and smashed head-on into a minibus in the southern Philippines, killing 12 people and injuring 15.

Pope takes on reality-TV stars for music award (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:17 PM PST

AFP - Pope Benedict XVI was nominated on Monday for a top classical music award and will fight for the prize against reality television stars.

South Africa bowled out for 296 in final India test (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:11 PM PST

Reuters - South Africa were bowled out for 296 in their first innings on the second morning of the second and final test against India at the Eden Gardens on Monday.

First footage of clouded leopard captured in Borneo (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:46 PM PST

AFP - The Sundaland clouded leopard, a newly identified and little understood species of big cat in Borneo, has been filmed for the first time.

Five Australians jailed for jihad plot (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 07:57 PM PST

Reuters - Five Australian Muslim men convicted of plotting to commit violent jihad in Australia were jailed on Monday for terms ranging from 23 to 28 years.