Abu Hamza extradition to go ahead

London: Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza has been refused permission to appeal to the House of Lords against his extradition to the United States, reports our London correspondent. Fifty-year-old Abu Hamza al-Masri, of Egyptian origin, is currently serving a seven-year sentence in Belmarsh prison for soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred in Britain. He was sentenced in February 2006. British home secretary Jacqui Smith had in February cleared his extradition to the United States, where he will face trial on terror charges. *** Court rejects fertiliser bomb plotters appeal London: In another terrorism-related case, five men who have been jailed for life for plotting a series of bomb attacks in Britain have lost challenges against their conviction, reports our London correspondent. The five terrorists were found guilty... [read full story]