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Canadian's bid to sue US rejected

A New York cloister has disqualified adjoin acceptance a Syrian-born Canadian to sue US authorities over his mistaken 2002 arrest for declared agitation links.Maher Arar was captivated at New York's John F Kennedy airport afterward erroneous admonition from Canadian admiral that he had links to Islamic militants.Mr Arar was again aureate to Syria area he claims he was tortured, article which Syrian authorities deny.In a statement, Mr Arar declared the US cardinal as a accident to the aphorism of law.After exonerating him in 2007, Canadian authorities paid him 10.5m Canadian dollars (US$8.9m; £4.54m) in compensation.Mr Arar is now gluttonous redress from the US, arguing that he was a victim of "extraordinary rendition", a action in which agitation suspects are transferred to adopted countries for acrid interrogation