Wikinews Shorts: March 31, 2007
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===Hicks to serve 9 months in Australia===
''Full report:'' [[First Guantánamo Bay prisoner sentenced]]
[[Image:Guantanamo recreation yard - 4.jpg|right|200px|Recreation yard at Guantánamo]]
[[w:David Hicks|David Hicks]] of [[Australia]] has been sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment following his guilty plea. However, all but 9 months of that sentence has been suspended per the military judge. Hicks has already spent 5 years at [[w:Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantánamo]]. The [[United States]] will send him home by May 29. Hicks is first person convicted at Guantánamo since detainees began arriving in 2001.

'''Related news'''
*{{wikinews|title=Guantanamo detainee David Hicks pleads guilty to providing "material support"|date=March 27, 2007}}

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*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6512945.stm
|title=Hicks to serve nine months' jail 
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|pub=BBC News Online
|date=March 31, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN2934491720070331
|title=Australian first to be convicted at Guantanamo
|author=Jane Sutton
|pub=Reuters
|date=March 31, 2007}}
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