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Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian who once played professional soccer, was extradited to the US to face charges for plotting with al Qaeda to blow up a NATO base in Belgium. He already served 10 years in a Belgian prison, and was indicted by the US in 2006. The US and Japan agreed to modernize their defense alliance. The US sanctioned Central African Republic, Rwanda, Sudan, Burma, and Syria for their use of child soldiers, but gave waivers to several other countries. A memo from the Attorney General said Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev is a committed terrorist who was inspired by al Qaeda ideologue Anwar al Awlaki and destroyed evidence after the bombing.