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Pakistan - Pearl Murder Trial In Pakistan, a trial began today for four men accused of kidnapping and killing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. The taxi driver who drove Pearl to a restaurant on the day he disappeared said Pearl was ushered into a white car and driven away. The chief suspect, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, asked to be tried in an Islamic court rather than an anti-terrorism court, according to his attorney, but the request was denied. If convicted, Saeed could face the death penalty. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Karachi.

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In Pakistan, a trial began today for four men accused of kidnapping and killing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. The taxi driver who drove Pearl to a restaurant on the day he disappeared said Pearl was ushered into a white car and driven away. The chief suspect, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, asked to be tried in an Islamic court rather than an anti-terrorism court, according to his attorney, but the request was denied. If convicted, Saeed could face the death penalty. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Karachi.