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Court allows deportation of radical cleric

By Times Wires
Published February 27, 2007

BRITAIN - A British court ruled Monday that the government could deport a radical Islamic cleric to Jordan, setting the stage for the deportation of other foreign terrorism suspects in Britain to countries with poor human rights records. The case of the cleric, Abu Qatada, is the first involving foreigners in Britain accused of posing threats to national security whom the government wants to deport rather than put on trial. Qatada, a Jordanian citizen, said he would be subjected to torture in Jordan if imprisoned there on an old conviction.

Activist leaves for visit to U.S.

CHINA - An 80-year-old AIDS activist whom Chinese authorities have repeatedly blocked from going abroad left Beijing on Monday for the United States to receive an award from a group supported by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vital Voices Global Partnership. Gao Yaojie exposed blood-selling schemes that infected thousands with HIV in the 1990s.

President says officers were killed

GUATEMALA - Gunmen stormed a Guatemalan prison and shot to death four jailed police officers in a hit aimed at stopping investigators from finding out who ordered the slayings of three politicians from neighboring El Salvador, Guatemalan President Oscar Berger said Monday. The four police officers were killed Sunday. They were jailed Thursday in connection with the Feb. 19 killings of three Salvadoran lawmakers.

Priest says church had informants

POLAND - A book released Monday dredged up more painful allegations from Poland's Communist era, naming about 30 Roman Catholic figures, including several bishops, as registered informants with the secret police. The author, the Rev. Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski, says the church must confess to heal wounds. The book is titled Priests in the Face of the Security Services.

Elsewhere

West Bank: A Palestinian man was killed and another wounded Monday as an Israeli military raid in Nablus kept the city under curfew.

Saudi Arabia: Gunmen killed three French citizens and wounded a fourth near the holy city of Medina in Saudi Arabia early Monday in a brazen reminder that attacks on foreigners there have not stopped despite a security crackdown.

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