Palestinian cleric Sheik Omar Mahmood Abu Omar, also known as Abu Qatada at his North London home. Picture: AP Source: AdelaideNow AUSTRALIA taught Britain a lesson in criminal deportation this week after radical Islamic cleric Abu Qatada was granted asy

Palestinian cleric Sheik Omar Mahmood Abu Omar, also known as Abu Qatada. (AP) LONDON: British Home Secretary Theresa May says she will go to Jordan in a bid to overcome a European ban on deporting a radical Islamist cleric to the Arab country. Britain w

Helping Syria's child victims STORY HIGHLIGHTS "The humanitarian situation in many parts of Syria has reached its lowest point," doctor says An international aid agency operating inside Syria cannot reach trapped citizens The suffering will only get wors

The radical cleric once described as Osama bin Ladens right-hand man in Europe who had been held at Worcestershire maximum security jail Long Lartin, left under the cover of darkness at 9.15pm. He was accompanied by four minders and was driven away fro

All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. File - Palestinian cleric Sheik Omar Mahmood Abu Omar, also known as Abu Qatada, is seen at his North London home in this Wednes

Children take part in a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Daria, near Damascus, February 12, 2012. Syrian forces resumed their bombardment of the city of Homs on Monday after Arab countries called for U.N. peacekeepers and pledged thei

Each day, we here at "Piers Morgan Tonight" put together the news you need to know – from what happened last night to what will happen today. For February 14, 2012 – Syrian residents brace for 'full-blown war', Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are tied in t

CNN reporter hiding in Syrian safe house STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Opposition activists: Snipers and intense shelling Tuesday exasperate horror in Homs CNN's Arwa Damon reports from inside Syria An opposition activist says military intervention would help mi

Fear and horror paralyzed residents in the Syrian city of Homs Tuesday, with snipers preventing anyone from moving and heavy shelling blasting through the air, opposition activists said. "The snipers are even targeting those who intend to get bread from

FILE -- Palestinian cleric Sheik Omar Mahmood Abu Omar, also known as Abu Qatada, is seen at his North London home in this Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2001, file photo. (AP Photo, file) This week British Broadcasting Company editors told the network’s journalist

FILE -- Palestinian cleric Sheik Omar Mahmood Abu Omar, also known as Abu Qatada, is seen at his North London home in this Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2001, file photo. A British court ruled Monday Feb. 6, 2012, that an extremist cleric described as one of Europ

Posted: February 7 Updated: Today at 1:40 PM Associated Press This story also appears on the following websites... FILE -- Palestinian cleric Sheik Omar Mahmood Abu Omar, also known as Abu Qatada, is seen at his North London home in this Wednesday, Oct.

LONDON - Britain's attorney general said Tuesday he understands why the government is angry about a court's decision to release an extremist cleric described as one of Europe's leading al-Qaida operatives on bail but that authorities must follow the rule

Deadly cat-and-mouse game in Syria STORY HIGHLIGHTS As U.N. meets on Syria, activists appear more determined CNN gets an inside look at the grass-roots movement Damascus protests happen in quick bursts every night Leaflets: "Hasn't the regime filled the

(CNN) – Intense blasts that echoed through the Syrian city of Homs on Monday were just a part of the latest violence ravaging parts of the country, as world leaders sought a new strategy to end the deadly fighting. At least 56 deaths were reported Monday

A picture published March 29, 2000 in Jordan's al-Dustour daily newspaper shows Omar Abu Omar also known as Abu Qatada, the Jordanian cleric labelled Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe. (AFP/AFP/Getty Images) Abu Qatada, 51, whose real name is Om

LONDON — A British court ruled Monday that an extremist cleric described as one of Europe's leading al-Qaida operatives should be released on bail. After six years in custody, Abu Qatada could be freed within days for three months under stringent conditi

Syrian flags are waved as demonstrators gather before the start of the Security Council meeting where U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will ask members to support of an Arab League peace plan for Syria at the United Nations on January 31, 2012 in

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, shown at an event in Washington Feb. 2, 2012, says U.S. officials willl "expose" elements backing the Bashar Assad government in Syria..UPI/Chris Kleponis/Pool Published: Feb. 6, 2012 at 8:37 AM HOMS, Syria, Feb.