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Hamza to be deported

RADICAL Muslim cleric Abu Hamza faces extradition to the US within days after losing final appeals.

DEFEAT: Former preacher Abu Hamza will now face trial in the US.
DEFEAT: Former preacher Abu Hamza will now face trial in the US.

A panel of judges rejected Hamza's request for an appeal against a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights which found that extradition would not breach his human rights.

The former preacher, who was jailed for seven years for soliciting to murder and inciting racial hatred, will now face trial in the US with four other terrorist suspects, including computer expert Babar Ahmad.

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