World Briefing - The Americas - Canada - ‘Idol’ Contestant Charged With Terrorism - NYTimes.com
The police arrested Hiva Alizadeh, 30, and Misbahuddin Ahmed, 26, in Ottawa on Wednesday and Khurram Syed Sher in London, Ontario, on Thursday. All three are Canadian. Mr. Sher, 28, appeared on “Canadian Idol” in 2008 and sang a comical version of Avril Lavigne’s “Complicated.”