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4A – Daily News – Tuesday, June 22, 2010 WORLD BRIEFING Times Square suspect pleads guilty NEW YORK (AP) — A Pakistan-born U.S. citizen pleaded guilty to trying to bomb Times Square and says he is ‘‘part of the answer to the U.S. terroriz- ing the Muslim nations and the Muslim people.’’ Faisal Shahzad (FY’-sul shah-ZAHD’) defiantly made the statement in fed- eral court Monday as he pleaded guilty to a 10-count indictment charging him in the failed bombing. He also says he actually tried to set off three sepa- rate bombs in an SUV parked near a Broadway theater May 1 to injure and kill people but that all three failed to ignite. The Bridge- port, Conn., resident was arrested two days later. Shahzad (FY’-sul shah- ZAHD’) said he was trained by the Pakistan Tal- iban in Pakistan in late December and early Janu- ary before he returned to the United States in Febru- ary to build his bomb. Sentencing is Oct. 5. Companies seek overturn of drilling moratorium NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Companies that ferry people and supplies to off- shore oil rigs asked a feder- al judge Monday to lift a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling pro- jects imposed in the after- math of the massive Gulf spill. After hearing two hours of arguments, Judge Martin Feldman said he will decide by Wednesday whether to overturn the ban imposed by President Barack Obama’s administration after the Deepwater Hori- zon rig explosion off the Louisiana coast. Also on Monday, BP said it has spent $2 billion fighting the spill for the last two months and compen- sating victims, with no end in sight. It’s likely to be at least August before crews finish two relief wells that are the best chance of stop- ping the flow of oil. The British oil giant released its latest tally of response costs, including $105 million paid out so far to 32,000 claimants. The figure does not include a $20 billion fund that BP PLC last week agreed to set up for Gulf residents and businesses hurt by the spill. Kenneth Feinberg, who has been tapped by the White House to run the fund, said many people are in desperate financial straits and need immediate relief. High court affirms bans on aid to terrorists WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court upheld the government’s authority Monday to ban aid to designated terrorist groups, even when that sup- port is intended to steer the groups toward peaceful and legal activities. The court left intact a federal law that the Obama administration considers an important tool against ter- rorism. But human rights organizations say the law’s ban on providing training and advice to nearly four dozen organizations on a State Department list squanders a chance to per- suade people to renounce extremism. The justices voted 6-3 to reject a free-speech chal- lenge from humanitarian Always a Realtor on call! 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De Telegraaf said the 22-year-old Dutchman claims he only signed papers admitting killing Stephany Flores because he was intimidated by police and had been promised he would be transferred to the Netherlands if he con- fessed. ‘‘I was very scared and confused during the interro- gations and wanted to get away,’’ the paper quoted him as saying. ‘‘In my blind panic, I signed everything, but didn’t even know what it said.’’ Van der Sloot is the main suspect in Flores’ May 30 killing in a Lima hotel, exactly 5 years after the still unsolved disappear- ance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway on Aruba. He met both women in casinos, and both were last seen alive in his company. Peruvian President Alan Garcia has said Van der Sloot will have to be tried in Flores’ death before any extradition request can be considered. 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