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US officials in the northwestern city of Seattle, Washington have filed new charges against two Algerian men, implicated in a bombing plot From our West Coast Bureau, Mike O’Sullivan reports the nine-count indictment charges the men planned to blow up buildings and other US targets. The charges filed in Seattle Thursday accuse the men -- Ahmed Ressam and Abdelmajid Dahoumane of a plot that authorities say was in place for at least one year. The indictments say the pair" conspired to destroy or damage" buildings and other targets. Mr. Ressam remains in custody on earlier charges of smuggling and possession of explosives. He was arrested December 14 at Port Angeles, Washington, after arriving on a ferry from Canada. Officials say the trunk of his rented car contained explosives and timing devices. His alleged accomplice, Abdelrnajid
     Dahoumane, remains at large. Authorities say the two men shared a motel room in Vancouver, Canada, for nearly a month before Mr. Ressam crossed over the U-S border, bound for Seattle. From there, he had a plane reservation for London Each of the new charges against the two men carries a possible sentence of between 20 and 25 years m prison. Mike O’ Sullivan, VOA news, Los Angeles.