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Thursday, 19 February 2015
U.S. court overturns conviction of Australian once held at Guantanamo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. military appeals court on Wednesday threw out the conviction of Australian David Hicks on a terrorism-related charge, saying the activity for which he was convicted did not become a crime until years after he was captured in Afghanistan. Hicks, 39, pleaded guilty in 2007 to providing material support to terrorism after acknowledging he had trained at an al Qaeda...
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