| Extradition Approved for London Bombings Suspect |
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Rome, Italy(24x7updates) -- Highest Court of Italy has upheld the extradition of Hamdi Issac, a suspect in the failed July 21 bombing attempts in London. He was captured later in the city of Rome.
He must now be sent to Britain within 10 days. Hamdi Issac, also known as Hussain Osman, is one of four men suspected of trying to detonate bombs on three London Underground subway trains and a bus on July 21, two weeks after four bombers killed themselves and 52 other people on the city’s transport system. He fled the U.K. shortly after the bombing attempt and traveled to Italy by train. He was arrested at his brother’s apartment in Rome on July 29.
Last month Issac was ordered extradited to Britain, but the decision was appealed. His lawyer claimed that poor documentation of evidence and "heightened tension" in Britain might affect proceedings.
British authorities want to question Issac for his alleged role in the attempted bombing at the Shepherd’s Bush station, one of four botched attacks on London’s transport system July 21. Nobody died in the attacks.
Issac is currently in the high security Rebibbia jail in Rome, detained on international terrorism charges following his arrest in July. Italian prosecutors have been investigating him for subversive association with intent to commit terrorist acts, and possession of a false document, and should complete their probe in next 10 days.
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| US, Iraqi Forces Attack Tal Afar, 150 Dead - Sep 11, 2005 20:14 IST |
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Baghdad -- Iraqi and US troops pressed on Saturday with an all-out offensive to wrest control of a town from Sunni Arab insurgents, with the Iraqis reporting nearly 150 rebels killed and the town mayor resigning in protest.
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| John G. Roberts to Replace William H. Rehnquist as Chief Justice - Sep 5, 2005 23:28 IST |
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Washington (24x7Updates) -- President Bush nominated Judge John G. Roberts Jr. today to replace Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, whose death late Saturday opened a second vacancy on the Supreme Court and a new front in the ideological battle over the judiciary.
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| Indonesia Airliner Carrying 109 Crashes on Take-Off - Sep 5, 2005 11:2 IST |
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Jakarta (24x7Updates) -- An Indonesian Boeing 737-200 operated by low cost airline Mandala Airlines crashed soon after taking off from Polonia airport in the northern city of Medan on Sumatra Island.
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| 3 Carnival Cruise Ships Deployed for Refugees - Sep 4, 2005 17:56 IST |
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Carnival Cruise Lines announced Saturday that the U.S. government has chartered three luxury cruise liners - Ecstacy, Sensation and Holiday - for the next half year, to provide temporary housing for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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| Bush pumping in more support for Gulf Coast - Sep 3, 2005 22:34 IST |
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Washington (24x7Updates) -- President Bush, seeking to stem criticism that a slow federal response has contributed to needless misery, said Saturday he is ordering additional active duty forces to the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast.
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| European Union seeks to address Turkey Membership Talks - Sep 2, 2005 19:40 IST |
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Foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) will meet on Thursday seeking to remove last-minute obstacles to membership talks with Turkey, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported.
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| 843 Dead in Baghdad Stampede - Sep 1, 2005 8:6 IST |
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THE death toll in the worst single loss of life since the start of the Iraq war was last night heading towards 1,000 after a crowd of about one million Shiite pilgrims making their way across a bridge in Baghdad panicked at reports of a suicide bomber in their midst and stampeded.
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