11.   The government has described the statements of two of the men as confessions of involvement in the bombing conspiracy.

12.   The modest defense came after Matsch refused to allow lawyers to present theories of a larger bombing conspiracy, involving foreign and domestic terrorists.

13.   The trial of four men charged in the bombing conspiracy is now under way in U.S District Court in Manhattan, with jury selection entering its third week.

14.   Throughout the trial, the defense sought to portray Mohamed as a low-level assistant who knew very little about the bombing conspiracy.

15.   But Kenyan victims have mixed feelings about what penalty those found guilty in the bombing conspiracy should face.

16.   Dahoumane has been linked to Ahmed Ressam, who is involved in a bombing conspiracy trial in Los Angeles.

17.   Fortier claims he backed out of the bombing conspiracy several days before the blast, The Detroit News reported Tuesday.

18.   Kenyan victims had mixed feelings about what penalty those found guilty in the bombing conspiracy should face.

19.   Nichols already has been convicted in a federal trial of the bombing conspiracy.

20.   One of two lawyers for former Symbionese Liberation Army fugitive Sara Jane Olson moved Friday to withdraw from her bombing conspiracy case.