Pakistan: Pearl Murder Trial Update In Pakistan today, the trial resumed for Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and three other men accused of kidnapping and killing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Two prosecution witnesses, both police officers, said they heard chief suspect Saeed admit his role in Pearl's abduction. But that statement was not made under oath and Saeed later recanted. Saeed's father, a British businessman, is in Pakistan and expressed doubt that his son would receive a fair trial. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Karachi.

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Pakistan: Pearl Murder Trial Update

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In Pakistan today, the trial resumed for Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and three other men accused of kidnapping and killing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Two prosecution witnesses, both police officers, said they heard chief suspect Saeed admit his role in Pearl's abduction. But that statement was not made under oath and Saeed later recanted. Saeed's father, a British businessman, is in Pakistan and expressed doubt that his son would receive a fair trial. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Karachi.