A Moroccan Olympic boxer has been arrested on allegations that he sexually assaulted two Brazilian women, police said.

Saddam Hussein’s lawyer blamed US-led “occupation forces” today for the killing of a second colleague in the trial and urged Arab leaders to “shoulder their responsibility” to combat disorder here that threatens the proceeding.

An internet posting in the name of al-Qaida in Iraq says two kidnapped Moroccan Embassy employees are to stand trial.

Morocco – home to most of the suspects in the Madrid train bombing – is teeming with some 100 al-Qaida-linked cells that are capable of suicide attacks, and pose Europe’s biggest terrorist threat, Spain’s leading anti-terrorism judge has testified.