Los Angeles Correspondent for Network Nine
Los Angeles Correspondent for Network Nine in Australia
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Leila McKinnon
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Australian Taliban Gets Seven Year Sentence, Sort of At Guantánamo Bay today, David Hicks was sentenced to seven years, but not before charges against the so-called Australian Taliban were modified or before Hicks' appearance underwent a remarkable transformation. Leila McKinnon covering the trail for Network Nine in Australia.
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