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and asked all parties to settle their differences to a constructive dialogue. Mrs. Clinton also raised issue of Ali's disappearance and killings in Bangladesh and urged the government to conduct a thorough and independent investigation into them. Last week, the main opposition, Bangladesh national party, called for a series of general strikes in protest at the alleged abduction of one of its leaders by security agencies. The authorities denied the charges. Mrs. Clinton said violence, protest and strikes will undermine development.
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The man accused of masterminding the 9/11 attacks on United States has refused to respond to questions at a militant tribunal in Guantanamo Bay. The Pentagon has previously said Khalid Sheikh Mohammed admitted planning the attacks for al-Qaeda. He and four other defendants are facing charges including hijacking,terrorism and murder of nearly 3,000 people in New York and Washington in 2001. Steve Kingstone reports from the trial.
在关塔那摩湾军事法庭上,被指控策划美国911袭击事件的男子拒绝回答有关问题。美国国防部此前称哈立德·谢赫·穆罕默德承认为基地组织策划袭击,他和另外四名被告面临系列指控,包括劫机、恐怖主义和2001年在纽约和华盛顿谋杀近三千人。Steve Kingstone在法庭报道。
“Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is setting defiant assignments wearing white Pakistani style dress, his beard now with the reddish tinge.When he refused to put on the headphones supplying Arabic translation, his lawyer said this was because of the torture that had been imposed on his client in the former waterboarding.Later another of the defendants Ramzi Binalshibh did attempted to addressthe court. When told by the judge he could speak later, he replied in English “Maybe I won’t be here later. Maybe they are going to kill us and they are going to say I’m committed suicide.”