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# George Wright

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# fugitive
Portugal court refuses to send US fugitive home
The US fugitive, discovered in a sleepy Portuguese hamlet after 41 years, will not be extradited by the country after a judge ruled that the statute of limitations for his crime has expired.
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Nov 17th 2011, 9:37 PM
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Monday
In tonight’s fix: What’s been happening on the #Aras11 campaign trail; Amanda Knox learns her fate and who reckons they could be like the Queen of England?
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Oct 3rd 2011, 8:13 PM
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US fugitive's wife thought jail break story was 'just a boast'
The wife of a convicted murderer wanted after escaping from a US prison and for allegedly hijacking a plane says she never quite believed he had broken out of prison.
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Oct 3rd 2011, 3:35 PM
# Caught
Fugitive plane hijacker George Wright traced to picturesque Portuguese village
The former Black Liberation Army member who hijacked a Delta Airlines flight in 1972 had been on the run for nearly 40 years. He was found living a seemingly idyllic lifestyle in Portugal
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Sep 28th 2011, 8:33 PM