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Idaho man heads to court after terrorism arrest

This undated image provided by the Idaho State Police shows Fazliddin Kurbanov. Kurbanov, an Uzbekistan national, pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance Friday, May 17, 2013 on U.S. charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack there. (AP Photo/Idaho State Police)

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — He was a Russian-speaking truck driver who came to Idaho nearly four years ago to join hundreds of other Uzbekistan refugees for whom the state has become a sanctuary from violence in their home country.

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Authorities arrest man in Idaho in terrorism case

Federal authorities search an apartment in Boise, Idaho on Cassia Drive on Thursday afternoon, May 16 2013. U.S. authorities in Idaho said they have arrested a man from Uzbekistan accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist organization in his home country and helping scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction. Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, was arrested at an apartment complex in south Boise on Thursday morning after a grand jury issued a three-count indictment as part of an investigation into his activities in Idaho and Utah. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski)

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal authorities in Idaho said Thursday they have arrested an Uzbekistan national accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist organization in his home country and helping scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction.

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Suspect in NM church stabbing attack indicted

In this April 29, 2013 photo, defendant Lawrence Capener, right, makes a first appearance before Metropolitan Court Judge Sharon Walton in Albuquerque.  The Bernalillo County District Attorney's office said Tuesday, May 14, 2013,  that a grand jury has indicted Capener on a number of charges, including attempted murder. Police say Capener stabbed three people on April 28 because he thought a choir leader was a Mason. He was initially charged with aggravated battery and was ordered held on $250,000 bail.  (AP Photo/Albuquerque Journal, Pat Vasquez-Cunningham)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A 24-year-old man who authorities say stabbed three people at an Albuquerque Catholic church because he thought a choir leader was a Mason has been indicted on an attempted murder charge, the Bernalillo County attorney’s office announced Tuesday.

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