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Alleged WikiLeaks informant has day in court
A year and a half after his arrest, Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of turning hundreds of thousands of classified US documents over to WikiLeaks in November 2009 and May 2010, gets his first day in court. Manning (pictured), who turns 24 tomorrow, is scheduled to appear at a preliminary military hearing at Fort Meade, the headquarters of the top secret National Security Agency, near Baltimore, Maryland. His appearance today is the first step towards a court martial that could see him sentenced to prison for the rest of his life.
Social gamer Zynga to debut on Nasdaq
Zynga, the wildly popular maker of mobile and social games like Mafia Wars and FarmVille, makes its debut as a public company when it begins trading on the Nasdaq. It is aiming to raise US$$925 million, which would value it at US$9 billion. The company has reportedly booked US$732 million in sales for the 12 months ended March 31, and has generated more than US$1.5 billion in bookings since its inception in July 2007.
Terror attack verdict due for 'Carlos the Jackal'
A court in Paris is due to issue its verdict in the trial of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, alias 'Carlos the Jackal', for four terror attacks in France in 1982 and 1983, which killed 11 people. Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence. Sanchez, who was born in Venezuela, was arrested in Sudan in 1994 and has since been held in French jails. In 1997, he was convicted of the 1975 murder of a civilian and two policemen, and jailed for life.