At the centre of the trial was testimony by the government's star witness, David Headley, once Rana's close friend.

BBC: Mumbai attack group aid man given 14 years in prison

Moving on to foreign affairs, India has requested the US to "temporarily" hand over Mumbai attack accused David Headley for questioning, reports The Statesman.

BBC: Indian media: Cricket chief criticised

Headley was born Daood Gilani to a Pakistani father and American mother but changed his name to David Coleman Headley in 2006 "to present himself in India as an American who was neither Muslim nor Pakistani", prosecutors said.

BBC: US Mumbai attacks plotter given 35 years in prison

David Coleman Headley, an alleged co-conspirator of Rana's, performed surveillance prior to those Mumbai attacks.

CNN: Man gets 14 years in plot against Danish newspaper

Classical singing sensation Andrea Bocelli will launch his new foundation with a benefit gala on Friday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles with performances by Bocelli, David Foster, Heather Headley and Anna Maria Martinez.

FORBES: Andrea Bocelli to Launch Foundation with a Benefit Gala

The selections of Gough, Kent's Dean Headley and Surrey fast bowler Alex Tudor, says chairman of selectors David Graveney, are all subject to fitness tests "which will be carried out in due course".

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