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• Abu Qatada was wanted in Jordan for retrial in several terror cases in which he was sentenced in absentia. Britain had tried since 2001 to deport Abu Qatada -- whose real name is Omar Mahmoud Mohammed Othman -- but courts have blocked extradition over concerns that evidence obtained under torture could be used against him.
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• PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) -- Several thousand thrill-seekers tested their bravery by dashing alongside six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona on the first day of the running of the bulls at the annual San Fermin festival on Sunday.
• Despite a large crowd of runners because the run coincided with a weekend, only two people were treated for injuries and no one was gored, officials said.
• One person was taken to hospital with a left arm injury and another was receiving treatment for a shoulder dislocation, said Red Cross spokesman Jose Aldaba.
• There was a moment of tension as the last bull of the pack became disoriented and turned around to look back at runners, but it eventually entered the bullring without charging at anyone.
• The nine-day fiesta was immortalized in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises."
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• AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- A radical Muslim preacher suspected of being a key al-Qaida operative in Europe arrived in Jordan on Sunday to face retrial on terrorism charges after his deportation from Britain, officials said, ending a decade-long legal battle over his fate.
• The return of 53-year-old Abu Qatada was viewed as a victory in Jordan, whose 2001 extradition request was blocked in British and European courts for more than a decade over human rights concerns. Britain and Jordan ratified a treaty on torture aimed at easing those worries, clearing the way for his deportation.
• Jordan convicted Abu Qatada in absentia on terrorism charges and sentenced him to life in prison in 1999, but that has been lifted now that he faces a new trial.

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