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Attorneys to Give Openings in Mumbai Terror Case
CHICAGO (AP) -- Attorneys in the federal trial of a Chicago businessman accused of helping plan the Mumbai terrorist attack in 2008 will start presenting their cases to jurors.

Opening statements are Monday in Tahawwur Rana's terrorism trial.

Prosecutors allege Rana provided cover for a former friend to scout sites in the rampage that killed more than 160 people. He's also accused of helping plot an attack that never took place on a Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Rana's pleaded not guilty.

The trial is being watched worldwide as testimony may give clues about suspected links between a Pakistani militant group blamed in the Mumbai attacks and Pakistan's top intelligence agency known as ISI. The ISI's facing scrutiny for failing to detect Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

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