Court gives prosecutors two weeks to prepare case
(NEWSER) - Five Americans detained in Pakistan denied today that they planned to carry out terrorist attacks, as a court granted police two weeks to prepare terrorism charges against them, their defense lawyer said. The men, all Muslims aged 19 to 25 from the Washington, DC, area, were arrested in early December in the eastern Pakistani city of Sargodha. During their court appearance today, they denied any ties with al-Qaeda or other militant groups. More»