France

Adlene Hicheur, 35, an Algerian-born particle physicist at the Cern laboratory, has been sentenced to five years in prison for plotting al Qaeda attacks in France. He had engaged in e-mail conversations with alleged al Qaeda operative Mustapha Debchi, and was suspected after threats were sent to President Sarkozy in 2008.

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