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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - An immigrant who was cleared of suspicions of terrorism but convicted of aiding illegal immigrants has lost his fight to remain in this country and will be deported, a federal official said Tuesday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement denied the request by Ansar Mahmood to defer a removal order. The department cited the 2002 conviction for harboring illegal immigrants as the primary reason for the decision to send Mahmood back to Pakistan. The order comes despite public support for the 27-year-old who settled in Hudson, about 100 miles upriver from New York City, and delivered pizza...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the commission looking into the Sept. 11 attacks said Sunday that some of its findings has surprised him and will surprise the public as well. Thomas H. Kean also said he expects the commission's final report to be published before the November elections, possibly as early as July, even though the White House must clear it for intelligence problems. The commission's deadline for submitting its report is July 26, extended from May 27 after complaints that the White House was delaying the turnover of necessary materials. Kean, a former Republican governor of New Jersey,...

Ken Nichols O'Keefe doesn't fit easily into the stereotype of a peace activist. A decorated former United States marine and veteran of the Gulf War, he has the look and tattooed body of the infantryman he once was. But it's O'Keefe - self-described "world citizen" with the word "expatriot" etched into his right hand - who is leading a campaign against United States policy in Iraq by becoming a "human shield." He hopes his presence, along with dozens of similarly-minded war protestors, will prevent President Bush from engaging in a conflict that seems inevitable. O'Keefe and about 50 others left...