Pearl kidnapping trial opens in Pakistan but adjourned
A Pakistani judge opened the Daniel Pearl kidnapping slay case against four men and adjourned for a week to allow prosecutors to deliver key evidence including emails and photos. The hearing resumes April 12. all four defendants face the death penalty if convicted.
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Nigerians free 10 Shell workers held in offshore raid
In Bayelsa state Amatu villagers released 10 hostages including an American and four Ghanaians and four Nigerians after talks with authorities. Shell said the captors demanded employment and contracts and follow up talks are planned in Yenagoa. The incident follows a January clash and drilling at the EA field was suspended while other wells continued. The same day Nigeria's Supreme Court ruled the federal government owns offshore oil and gas reserves, potentially widening regional tensions over revenue shares.
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Costa Rica voters set for second presidential runoff
Costa Rica heads to a second runoff between Abel Pacheco of the Social Christian Unity Party and Rolando Araya of the National Liberation Party after neither won 40 percent on Feb. 3. Turnout is expected to be low with polls showing up to 44 percent may abstain. a 59.8 to 40.2 percent lead for Pacheco is reported, amid perceptions of little policy difference.
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Molotov Attacks Target French Synagogues Violence Across Paris Suburbs
Three people confessed to attempting Molotovs at a synagogue in Montpellier and five detained after a Kremlin Bicetre incident. A bomb found at Strasbourg cemetery followed an arson fire at its pavilion. France deployed riot police at Jewish sites as a Marseille synagogue was destroyed during Passover Easter weekend.
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