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EU ruling lets hate cleric dodge U.S. extradition

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration: LGBT flag

BAKER: An assault on freedom of religion

By Mary Beth Baker

** FILE ** This Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, file photo shows British Airways check-in employee Nadia Eweida displaying her cross to the media as she arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice to fight a ruling that she was not a victim of religious discrimination by British Airways. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

Court: British Airways discriminated against Christian staffer

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Richie Beanan from Los Angeles, puts a sign on a bus that will tour California in support of Proposition 8. after a rally in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. If passed Proposition 8 would amend the California state constitution to ban same sex marriage.

DUNCAN: Supreme Court must hear Proposition 8 case

By William C. Duncan

** FILE ** Self-styled cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri leads his followers in prayer outside Finsbury Park Mosque in London in January 2004 on the first anniversary of its closure by anti-terrorism police. (AP Photo/John D. McHugh)

U.K. to extradite radical Muslim cleric to U.S.

By Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

European court nixes Italy embryo screening ban

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

** FILE ** Self-styled cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri leads his followers in prayer outside Finsbury Park Mosque in London in January 2004 on the first anniversary of its closure by anti-terrorism police. (AP Photo/John D. McHugh)

EU court: U.K. can extradite 5 terror suspects to U.S.

By Cassandra Vinograd and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other terrorism suspects sought to block their extradition from Britain to the U.S., claiming they faced "torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" in American custody. (Associated Press)

Britain can turn over terror suspects to U.S.

By Jamey Keaten and Cassandra Vinograd - Associated Press

European court ruling upholds media freedoms

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Kenza Drider, wearing an Islamic face veil, announces late last month in front of Meaux courthouse, east of Paris, that she will be candidate in the 2012 French presidential elections. Ms. Drider declared her longshot candidacy on the same day that a French court fined two women who refused to remove their veils. (Associated Press)

Muslim women defy a ban on veil

By Elaine Ganley - Associated Press

Turkey returning confiscated property to minorities

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Court: Irish abortion ban violates women’s rights

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK - Associated Press

European court rules Irish abortion ban violates women’s rights

By Shawn Pogatchnik - Associated Press