A Turkish appeals court upholds a verdict...  sentencing six al-Qaida militants to life in prison for the deadly 2003 bombings in Istanbul.

The court in Ankara says it approved the life sentences...  for their involvement in the attacks on November 15th and November 20th... of 2003.

Those bombings killed 58 people and targeted two synagogues, the British consulate and a London-based bank.

The court has sentenced 33 other suspects to between three years and nine months in prison to 18 years. It acquitted 15 of them, citing lack of evidence, while ordering a retrial for the rest, requesting further investigation.

EBRU NEWS