Sheikh Ahmed Saeed, father of British-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar
Saeed Sheikh leaves a central jail after a court hearing in Hyderabad,
160 km (100 miles) from Karachi on June 5, 2002. Pakistani prosecutors
on Wednesday dropped the French-born widow of American reporter Daniel
Pearl as prosecution witness after she expressed her inability to
travel, a state lawyer said. Sheikh Omar and three others are facing
trial for the kidnap and murder of Daniel Pearl who disappeared in
Karachi on January 23 2002. REUTERS/Akram Shahid

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