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French nuclear physicist Adlene Hicheur's lawyer Patrick Baudoin, March 2012. AP Photo/Thibault Camus/PA
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CERN scientist jailed over terrorist plot
Adlene Hicheur has been sentenced to five years by a French court.
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A NUCLEAR SCIENTIST who worked on the prestigious CERN programme in Switzerland has been sentenced to five years by a French court for planning terrorist attacks.
Adlene Hicheur was arrested in October 2009 on suspicion of planning attacks with a north African al-Qaida group.
He was convicted of criminal association with a view to plotting terrorist attacks, a verdict his lawyer criticised as “scandalous”.
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Le Monde said that the defence argued that Hicheur had never met his alleged al-Qaida contact, whom the court heard had exchanged dozens of emails with the scientist, and denied he played any role in plotting attacks.
In one email exchange, the contact urged Hicheur to carry out a suicide bomb attack. Hicheur refused, according to the messages, though he suggested targeting a military barracks in the French town of Cran-Gevrier.
Hicheur was a researcher at CERN, the European laboratory which houses the Large Hadron Collider and carries out experiments to investigate high energy physics.
- Additional reporting by the AP
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On a really bad/lazy day I have lidl ham pizzas in the freezer for emergencies. They make a good base to add lots of veg. Throw on lots of mushrooms, diced cherry tomatoes, onion, a little parmesan, peppers, whatever you fancy – and at least there’s at least some nutritional value in it.
Other than that, it really is crazy not to batch make large pots of soups every now and then and freeze it. Someone on here once posted they do that and use chinese takeaway containers to judge adult portion sizes. They also said they get 8 servings to a pot of soup. I get about 6. It’s perfect as you can pop them straight into the microwave from frozen for 5 or 6 mins (assuming it’s veg) and one takeaway container will fill one large mug when poured directly into it. One large mug of homemade soup in 5 mins. Cost is negligible for soups, and time prepping 20 mins. Best tip I picked up on here on that front.
This is not a journalistic article. This is what is known as native advertising. Supervalue is paying for this item to make you want to buy items from them. I understand that The Journal have to earn money but there is something really rotten about native advertising. Tell me this would you have spent as much time reading as clear advertisement as you did this. John Oliver has a very good segment on this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_F5GxCwizc
Just to point out that this article is very clearly marked as sponsored – it has the SuperValu logo at the top of the article, the hashtag says #Sponsored, and it says Brought to you by SuperValu at the top of the page.
As you say, we are always transparent in letting readers know when an article has been sponsored (as in this case) or when a piece is an ad, so I just wanted to jump in and clarify that.
I’ll go back to my sadly empty pantry now…
Christine
Acting Editor, TheJournal.ie
I just thought I’d respond to clarify that you are clearer than most when it comes to native advertising. I was making the point though that you do have to look to notice that an article is not really news. The concept is that it is more subtle. I think that the video I linked to in my last comment says it better than I could.
It is just my humble opinion that the idea that an advertisement that is laid out like an article in someways lessons the trust between the reader and the news outlet. How can I be sure that what I am reading is factual journalistic news or something that is pushing the agenda of paying corporation.
I would like to finish and say that I do like the Journal and I find it is my first stop for news and I hope that you can find a way for the separation between church and state to be upheld and that advertisements are clear.
As the article plus:
1. Onions (keep for weeks)
2. Soya sauce for Asian cooking and for adding umami to any sauce.
3. Tins of fish (usually tuna but mackerel, salmon, sardines also good).
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