Next week the courts are due to resume a hearing about a legal amnesty that wiped away old graft charges against him and other officials.

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Rohrabacher left the panel to attend another hearing, but told Gates they would resume their discussion at a reception Wednesday evening.

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The hearing to decide whether to exclude al-'Owhali's information is scheduled to resume before U.S. District Judge Leonard Sand Friday.

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