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= Portugal court refuses to send US fugitive home =

A Portuguese court has denied a U.S. request for the extradition of captured American fugitive George Wright, 68, who had spent 41 years running across three continents. He has hijacked a jet going from the US to Algeria, although he told the court that he had committed it as a militant member of the Black Liberation Army "to fight for black rights...to support the hopes of black people. He also admitted that he was in a gas station robbery in 1962, although he was not the one who shot the owner. He later told the court that after all these crimes, he is now a changed man.

@http://news.yahoo.com/portugal-court-refuses-send-us-fugitive-home-164301468.html
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The Portuguese court decides not to arrest or punish George Wright, believing he has changed after the many years, when the American government does not agree. They want Portugal to hand Wright over, so they can arrest him.