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Paris tries alleged aides to shoebomber Reid

Three men accused of aiding jailed “shoebomber” Richard Reid, who narrowly failed to destroy a U.S. airliner over the Atlantic four years ago, went on trial for terrorist conspiracy in a top Paris court on Wednesday. Presiding judge Jacqueline Rebeyrotte said the trio were charged with plotting terrorist acts between 2001 and 2002 and of assisting Reid, who attempted to down a Miami-bound airliner from Paris with a bomb hidden inside one of his shoes. Full Story