A connection has also been drawn between the blast and an intriguing terrorism suspect, David Headley, a Pakistani-born American arrested in America in October.

这次爆炸还同10月在美被捕的神秘的恐怖袭击嫌疑犯大卫·黑德利——一个巴裔美国人联系到了一起。

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The arrests came as a Pakistani-American,David Headley, pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges in a U.S.court in Chicago on Wednesday.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

Indian government officials say senior officers from two intelligence agencies, the Research & Analysis Wing and the Intelligence Bureau will travel to the Untied States next week to interview at least one of the suspects in custody, identified as David Coleman Headley, also known as Daaud Gilani.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

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

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

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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.

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