scrutiny
by the council for several months because it's symptomatic of the wider instabilities in the Sahel region.
The Pentagon has formally directed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men accused of
masterminding
the 9/11 attacks to stand trial in a military
tribunal
, where they could be sentenced to death. The five are being held at the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay. Here's Jonathan Blake.
This announcement from the Pentagon marks the final major step towards those accused with planning and executing the 9/11 attacks being
put on trial
. The five men had already been charged with terrorism, hijacking aircraft, murder and other crimes. But the process was interrupted when President Obama announced the suspects should be tried in a civilian court. That plan proved so unpopular and
impractical
that opposition from Congress forced the administration to abandon it.
The Greek athletics federation says that it's suspended all domestic sporting activities due to a shortage of funding. The federation's governing board said that the body would re-evaluate its position if the government reconsidered the deep cuts in state funding for sport. An official told the BBC that unless the situation was resolved, the last result would be to withdraw from the London Olympics.
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