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Mistaken Rendition Case in Germany Takes Turn

Khalid el-Masri is a German citizen who was kidnapped by the CIA and kept in an Afghan prison for four months in early 2004. Legalities aside, it was a blundered rendition - the CIA got the wrong guy - but that hasn't made el-Masri's life any easier in the years since he returned home and has been trying to seek justice.

Last week, after a series of angry encounters over an iPod at a shop near his home, el-Masri was arrested for setting fire to the store. This happened less than a week after Germany's Chancellor urged the local government to get el-Masri the mental health help he needs. At least now, his lawyer says, that may finally happen.

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