Pearl's Widow Drops Lawsuit

Oct 25, 07:59 AM

Current Headlines: --new york The widow of the murdered journalist Daniel Pearl has withdrawn a lawsuit seeking damages against al-Qaida, a dozen reputed terrorists and Pakistan's largest bank. In a letter to the US judge presiding over the case, lawyers for Mariane Pearl noted Habib Bank Ltd and the other defendants had not answered the lawsuit filed in July, but otherwise did not explain why the action had been dropped.

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