A U.S. federal appeals court ruled that the four men convicted of the 1993 bombing at the World Trade Center received a fair trial. But the court ordered resentencing for the militant Muslims because they did not have lawyers present during the original sentencing. The four, who were arrested within weeks of the bombing, have said they carried out the attack to avenge U.S. support for Israel.
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