UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke protested the failure of the United States to ratify the latest US-UK extradition treaty , ratified by the UK parliament in 2003, at a meeting Monday with visiting US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales . Since ratifying the treaty itself, the UK has extradited 12 offenders to the US, whereas the [...]

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Opening arguments began Monday in the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui with government prosecutors claiming the defendant's lies to the FBI when he was arrested in August 2001 could have prevented the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks . Court-appointed defense attorneys for Moussaoui argued instead that he had no knowledge of the attacks, backing his contentions [...]

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