Algerian court convicts Moroccans on terror charge

A lawyer for two Moroccan nationals on trial in Algeria says they have been convicted on terror-related charges.Attorney Leila Hadjersi says Echebba Abdelghani and Legrine Salaheddine were sentenced Sunday to five years in prison and each handed a fine of 100,000 Algerian dinars (€1,000).

Both had pleaded innocent to charges of "defense of terrorism." The two were arrested in August 2008 while traveling to Algeria's Kabylie region, where al-Qaeda's North African branch is active. The prosecution said the two confessed to plans to join the al-Qaeda group. (AP)