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court sentences four men to death and jails 83 others for their involvement in a wave of terror attacks in Casablanca that killed 33 bystanders and a dozen suicide bombers in May 2003 . The trial involved dozens of defendants accused of belonging to a clandestine Moroccan group, the Salafia Jihadia . Moroccan authorities have linked the group to Osama Bin Laden 's Al-Qaida network.
Afghanistan celebrates its Independence Day amid one of the bloodiest weeks in a year, with heavily armed Guerrilla s killing at least nine policemen in the latest in a string of ambushes. In the last week, the country has been battered by an onslaught from insurgents, who are believed to be a mix of guerrillas from the ousted Taliban regime, Al-Qaida fighters and supporters of renegade warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar . {Link without Title}
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s in the Cascade Mountains , the worst fire in Oregon of this year. Within three days the resort community of Camp Sherman is evacuated, affecting 1,500 residents and campers, closure of US highway 20 over Santiam Pass , and burning at least 41,000 acres (170 km²).
