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Two cleared of Air India bombing

A Canadian court has cleared two Sikh activists of involvement in the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182 off the Irish coast that killed 329 people. 

A judge in Vancouver said Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri were not guilty of murder and conspiracy charges for their role in the plot that resulted in history's deadliest bombing of a civilian airliner.

The judge said the prosecution, which alleged the men were seeking to punish India for its crackdown on Sikhs, had failed to prove its case.

There were credibility issues with the witnesses testifying against both men.