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Old Oct 18th, 2011, 05:40 AM   #1
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Reuters - An extradition treaty with the United States is not biased against British criminal suspects, a judge-led review said on Tuesday, dealing a blow to campaigners fighting to stop a computer hacker being sent to stand trial in America.

Britain launched the review in September following complaints the 2003 treaty made it easier to extradite people from Britain to the United States than vice versa.

Gary McKinnon has been battling for six years to avoid extradition to the U.S. over what American officials called the "biggest military computer hack of all time."

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