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Australian Court Overturns Visa Decision

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:12:56 AM
By DENNIS PASSA

 Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef, 27, speaks during a press conference in Bangalore, India in this Aug. 1, 2007 file photo. An Australian court on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007 overturned the government's decision to cancel the work visa of an Indian doctor accused, and later cleared, of links to the failed June terrorist attacks on London and Scotland. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - An Australian court on Tuesday overturned the government's decision to revoke the work visa of an Indian doctor cleared of links to the failed terrorist attacks on London and Scotland in June.

Mohamed Haneef, 27, was arrested in the eastern city of Brisbane in July and held for more than three weeks on suspicion of having supported the failed plots. The charge was later dropped for lack of evidence.

But during his detention, Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews pulled Haneef's visa on character grounds, saying he had an "association" with two of the British suspects, Sabeel and Kafeel Ahmed.


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