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Canada’s Liberal government is prepared to provide an apology and $10 million to the confessed killer of a U.S. soldier who spent time to Guantanamo Bay. According to multiple reports Tuesday, Omar Khadr will be compensated in part because his interrogation at the hands of Canadian security was deemed “oppressive” by the Supreme Court of Canada. Khadar, who was born in Canada, was fighting with al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan when he was 15. In a shoot-out with U.S. forces, Khadr confessed to killing U.S. Special Forces medic Sgt. Christopher Speer with a grenade. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is...

Muslim lawyer sues over Inter Milan 'Crusaders' kit Richard Owen in Rome A Turkish lawyer is taking legal action against Inter Milan, the Italian football team, for wearing a strip with “Crusader-style” red crosses that he alleges is ”offensive to Muslim sensibilities”. Baris Kaska, a lawyer in Izmir who specialises in European law, said that he had lodged a complaint in a local court against Inter Milan, which last month played the Istanbul team Fenerbahce in a Champions League match at the San Siro stadium in Milan. The Inter players wore a new strip - a white shirt with a...

The Italian, Spanish, English and French soccer league leaders - will all be in action today in the first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League. TODAY'S MATCHES: Barcelona v. Chelsea | Porto v. Inter | Manchester Utd v. AC Milan | Werder v. Lyon