a
breach
of EU laws aimed at guaranteeing free competition.
Police in France are investigating the theft of a diamond-
studded
collar from a deceased poodle buried in a Parisian pet cemetery. Several years ago, Tipsy was
interred
by his wealthy masters with more than $10,000 worth of jewellery around his neck. The treasure vanished when the tomb was
desecrated
last week.
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A judge in the US has sentenced a Nigerian man to life imprisonment for attempting to blow up a passenger plane on Christmas Day in 2009. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab smuggled an explosive device on board in his underwear. Adam Brookes reports from Washington.
美国法官判定一尼日利亚男子终身监禁,此人曾在2009年圣诞节试图引爆一架客机。Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab在内衣下面偷带了一台引爆装置登机。Adam Brookes在华盛顿报道。
In 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab boarded an airliner in the Netherlands bound for Detroit. On Christmas Day, as the plane approached its destination, he attempted to set off a bomb secreted in his underwear. It didn't go off properly. Abdulmutallab was badly burnt, but the passengers and plane were unharmed. At his trial last year, he pleaded guilty. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claims to have trained and equipped him. During his sentencing, Abdulmutallab told the court that he was trying to avenge attacks on Muslims by the United States. He will go to prison for life.