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Nigeria: U.S. Appeal Court Affirms Life Sentence for 2009 Christmas Day Bomber
This Day, 14 January 2014
Nigerian born Christmas Day underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Monday at a US appeal court in Detroit Michigan lost his defence against a life sentence. Read more »
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Nigeria: U.S. Court Rejects Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's Appeal of Life Sentence
Vanguard, 14 January 2014
The life sentence of the "underwear bomber" was upheld on Monday by a federal appeals court. Read more »
U.S. Upholds Conviction of Nigerian Bomber
An American appeals court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up a U.S. airliner with a bomb in his underwear on Christmas Day in 2009.
InFocus
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Since the failed underwear bomb attack on an American plane, the United States has adopted stringent measures on its visa issuance procedures and policy. Read more »
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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has pleaded guilty of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner with a bomb in his underwear on Christmas Day in 2009. Read more »
