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A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen who tried to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday.

U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday they are seeking life in prison for a Pakistani-born American citizen who tried to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square and revealed he had planned a second attack.

Admitted terrorist Faisal Shahzad was so eager to tell how he plotted to kill Americans in Times Square, he went to court with a prepared statement ...

Adnan Ahmad, a former Pakistani army major, was detained midmonth on suspicion of having links with Faisal Shahzad, the prime suspect in the midtown Manhattan incident nearly a month ago.

— Pakistani authorities have released a former Pakistani army major arrested in connection with the failed Times Square bombing in New York, saying they had determined he had no links to prime bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad.

U.S. authorities were searching two locations in the Boston area in connection with the attempted bombing in Times Square on May 1, an FBI spokesman said on Thursday.

The accusation by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder should increase pressure on the Pakistan military to attack the Taliban in the lawless region of North Waziristan.

A member of the Al Qaeda-allied Pakistani militant group Jaish-e-Muhammad is being held by authorities in Pakistan. That man spent time with Faisal Shahzad, the person charged in the failed bomb plot, although sources say that does not mean Jaish-e-Muhammad engineered the plot.

The police and F.B.I. found the owner of the vehicle that contained the makings of a bomb in Times Square, but he is not a suspect, the police said.

A crude bomb of propane, gasoline and fireworks began to detonate but did not explode on Saturday, prompting the evacuation of tourists and theatergoers.