'Al-Qaeda link' Cern worker held
 

'Al-Qaeda link' Cern worker held
France has arrested a researcher at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) for suspected links with al-Qaeda militants, officials say.

The man was one of two brothers detained in the town of Vienne, in south-eastern France, on Thursday.

The brothers are thought to have links with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb - al-Qaeda's North African wing.

Cern, Europe's particle physics lab, is known for a particle collider that aims to recreate conditions of the Big Bang.

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Published: 2009/10/09 15:15:19 GMT

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