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Thu Nov 5, 2009 6:14pm EST

BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal prosecutors have charged two men with providing material support to terrorists and other crimes, including conspiracy to kill in a foreign country and lying to law enforcement officers.

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Additional charges were made against Tarek Mehanna, 27, of Sudbury, Massachusetts, who was charged on October 21 of conspiracy to provide support to terrorists, the U.S. Justice Department said in a news release.

Ahmad Abousamra, 28, who currently resides in Syria, was also charged in Wednesday's 10-count indictment. Abousamra was named, but not charged, in October's filing.

Mehanna is in federal custody awaiting a probable cause hearing in Boston on November 12.

(Reporting by Ros Krasny; editing by Todd Eastham)
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