First the Ashes, Now Hicks

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Australian terror suspect can become UK citizen: "Mr Hicks's lawyers argue that the Australian government has refused to plead for his release and has made no attempt to prevent his trial by a US military commission. They say that, in contrast, the UK government has acted to remove all nine of its citizens imprisoned at Guantanamo, and would be compelled to call for the release of Mr Hicks. After today's ruling, his lawyers will now press the British government to make arrangements for him to take the required citizenship oath and pledge. They will then urge the Home Office to seek his release from the detention centre, in Cuba, and bring him to the UK."