Cleric Arrest Could Delay U S Extradition
London police arrested radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al Masri on suspicion of preparing or instigating acts of terrorism. If charged, extradition could be delayed as British authorities pursue British-law charges and rule out sending him to a country that could execute him.
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Abu Hamza al- Masri
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Sistani Helps End Najaf Crisis with Sadr Accord
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani arrives in Najaf and wins a five point peace deal with Muqtada al-Sadr and the government. The plan orders foreign troop withdrawal, public safety zones, police control, compensation for victims, and a census ahead of elections in January.
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Russian official: flight recorders yield little clues on jetliner crashes
Russia faces growing doubt as officials say flight recorders offered few details about two jetliners that crashed minutes apart killing 89. Presidental envoy Vladimir Yakovlev says data recorders turned off quickly, with terrorism now the leading possibility cited.
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German doctors grow jaw bone in back to repair man
A 56-year-old man who lost his lower jaw to cancer received a labored yet life changing restoration. German surgeon Dr Patrick Warnke embedded a new jaw bone built from the patient’s bone marrow and a growth scaffold in his back muscle before transplanting it to the mouth. The Lancet reports the procedure as an ambitious stem cell driven experiment with the patient now able to chew solid food again.
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Federal judge finds partial birth ban unconstitutional
In New York US District Judge Richard C. Casey ruled the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional, the second such ruling in three months. He criticized the ban as gruesome yet faulted it for lacking a health exception required by Supreme Court doctrine. The decision suspends the ban pending trial and follows a similar ruling by Judge Phyllis Hamilton in California.
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