The judges' decision is thought to be the first time an English court has ever blocked an extradition request from a foreign government on the grounds that it would violate Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which safeguards the right to a fair trial.

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Mr Ono, meanwhile, had agreed readily to the request to appear, despite having poor English and a harder case to plead.

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Modi wants to keep the IPL window between mid-April and late May, though he is listening to a request to make Indian players available for the English Premier League when it starts in 2010.

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Bodde, who has already had a transfer request rejected by Swansea, impressed in his first full season in English football.

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