LONDON (Reuters) - Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada will be deported by Britain to Jordan on Sunday, ending eight years of government efforts to send him home for trial, British papers reported on Saturday.
Abu Qatada, wanted in Jordan on charges of alleged terrorism, will be put on a special flight at around 01:00 GMT (02:00 a.m.), the Times newspaper said. Observers from a Jordanian human rights organisation would accompany him, the Telegraph said.
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