NY And Manchester 'Bomb Plotter' On Trial

A man who allegedly plotted to blow up the Arndale shopping centre in Manchester has gone on trial in New York. Abid Naseer, 28, has been accused of playing a major part in a 2009 al Qaeda plan to cause mass casualties in New York, Manchester and Copenhagen. In court the prosecution said this co-ordinated plot aimed to "repeat the devastation of 9/11", and that it came from the very top of the al Qaeda terror group. The prosecution told the court that Abid Naseer "was the leader o