March 11, 2010

A Swedish court ruled that the man accused of organizing the theft of the \”Arbeit Macht Frei” sign from the front gate of Auschwitz can be extradited to Poland.\n\nAnders Hogstrom, a former Swedish neo-Nazi, can be handed over to Polish authorities, the court ruled Thursday.\n\nHogstrom is suspected of ordering five Polish men to steal the metal sign. He reportedly acted as an agent for a British Nazi sympathizer who wanted it.\n

A British journalist held in Gaza for nearly a month was released.\n\nPaul Martin, a freelance journalist and filmmaker, was turned over to British officials on Thursday, according to the BBC.\n\nMartin, 55, has filed freelance reports for the BBC, Al Jazeera International, CNN and Britain\’s Channel 4 News.\n

The Palestinian Authority canceled a ceremony to honor a woman who led the 1978 hijacking of a bus in which 35 Israelis were killed.\n\nA traffic circle in Ramallah was supposed to be named for Dalal Mughrabi and a memorial plaque unveiled Thursday, according to reports.\n\nThe event was canceled Wednesday to avoid antagonizing visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, according to reports. Biden already has been surprised during the visit by an Israeli ministry\’s announcement of an approval to build 1,600 apartments in a ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem.\n