Via BBC -
A US citizen has pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai.
David Headley, at his trial in Chicago, also admitted plotting to attack a Danish newspaper that published a cartoon many Muslims deemed offensive.
Headley, 49, had denied the charges but changed his plea to avoid the death penalty or extradition to India, Pakistan or Denmark.
The attacks on Mumbai in November 2008 left more than 170 people dead.
In changing his plea, Headley admitted 12 counts of conspiracy.
Prosecutors will therefore ask for a lesser sentence, but US District Court Judge Harry Leinenweber said Headley could still be jailed for life.
US Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement: "Not only has the criminal justice system achieved a guilty plea in this case, but David Headley is now providing us valuable intelligence about terrorist activities."
Prosecutors said Headley, a Pakistani-American, had made several surveillance trips to India and Denmark.
According to court documents, he passed on information to his contacts with the Pakistan-based Islamic militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba.
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