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Kabul, Afghanistan - The U.S. government warned its citizens in Kabul to lie low Monday after a car bomb killed 10 people at an American security company and the Taliban threatened more attacks. Three Americans were among the dead after Sunday's blast at the office of Dyncorp Inc., which supplies bodyguards for Afghan President Hamid Karzai and helps train the Iraqi national police force. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which was the deadliest in the Afghan capital in two years Paris - France's foreign minister arrived in Cairo Monday in an attempt to secure the release of two French journalists being held in Iraq by Islamic militants. The militants had given France 48 hours to revoke a law banning religious symbols, including Muslim headscarves, in state schools. The deadline expires late Monday, but the group has not specified what will happen if its demands are not met. Athens - A defrocked priest who grabbed the leader of Sunday's Olympic marathon, likely costing him the gold medal, was fined $3,600 US and given a one-year suspended sentence on Monday. Cornelius Horan, who has a history of disrupting sporting events, was convicted of grabbing Vanderlei de Lima and dragging him into the crowd during the race. De Lima, a Brazilian, was leading the race with five kilometres to go at the time. He wound up with the bronze medal.
