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Hamdan has updates proved he recounts is an innocent man," said Shakeel Syed, executive director for the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, who was at the news conference. Hamdan's immigration case is pending before the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, said ACLU attorney Ranjana Natarajan. "Unfortunately, there is no time frame to hear his case," he said. "It could take a year or more. "In the interim, Hamdan must comply with an electronic monitoring program, which requires him to be at home from 10 p. m to 6 a. m. and stay within a 50-mile radius of it the rest of the time. On Tuesday, Hamdan declined to answer whether he was wearing an electronic monitor and steered clear of making controversial statements on the advice of his attorney.

He said he remained optimistic during his two years in jail at Terminal Island and became known as "a helper" for other inmates. "Every day they brought in new detainees with different backgrounds, from different cultures and educational levels," he said . "It was dangerous at times, but you learn to live with it. "Before his arrest, Hamdan worked as a fundraiser for the Dallas-based Holy Land Foundation, an Islamic charity shut down by the U. S . in December 2001 for allegedly raising money for Hamas, designated as a terrorist group by the U Mamma Mia! - imdb . S. Hamdan was accused of violating U. S . immigration law and ordered deported Mamma Mia! . Hamdan, a Palestinian, was ordered deported to Jordan, where he grew up . Homeland Security officials insist he is a threat to national security but lost the legal attempt to keep him jailed. . County supervisors on Tuesday authorized county attorneys to file objections to a Superior Court judge's ruling this week that favored a developer alleging that the county improperly took its land for a flood control project in Upland. Judge Christopher J. Warner's tentative decision found that the county forfeited rights to a disputed 67-acre drainage basin through deceit in dealing with Colonies Partners Mamma Mia! - mammamiamovie . If the decision stands, the developer could demand that the county reimburse it for the land. .

Actor Kiefer Sutherland pleaded no contest Tuesday to a misdemeanor drunk driving charge stemming from his arrest two weeks ago in West Los Angeles. Sutherland, who plays counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer on the popular Fox TV show "24," was scheduled to be sentenced Dec . Mamma Mia! tickets 21 in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The Los Angeles city attorney's office, as part of a plea deal with Sutherland, recommended that he be sentenced to 48 days in jail . The sentence would reflect 30 days for the misdemeanor charge and 18 days for violating probation on a separate 2004 DUI case. But Sutherland could be sentenced to as much as a year if the judge who took over the case Tuesday, Stuart M . Rice, rejects the plea deal. Rice stepped in because the previous judge -- Michael T . Sauer, who presided over the recent Paris Hilton case involving a probation violation on a DUI charge and who sent her back to jail after she was released early -- was on vacation . Before last month's arrest, Sutherland already had three alcohol-related offenses on his record. Sutherland, who did not appear in court Tuesday, submitted a no-contest plea to driving with a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit of 0. 08%. Under the plea deal, a related misdemeanor charge, driving under the influence, was dropped. In a statement released by his publicist, Sutherland said, "I'm very disappointed in myself for the poor judgment I exhibited recently, and I'm deeply sorry for the disappointment and distress this has caused my family, friends and co-workers on '24' and at 20th Century Fox. "--stuart. silverstein. Orange County supervisors decided Tuesday to order an investigation into the registrar of voters' illegal handling of petitions to recall the Capistrano Unified School District trustees. The supervisors voted unanimously to spend as much as $25,000 to hire a retired registrar to determine the sequence of events that led to the registrar allowing school district officials to view the signatures of those who signed the petition, a violation of state law. "I feel there are a lot of unanswered questions," said Supervisor Jim Silva.