The British Home Office issued a statement Monday saying it "welcomes" Monday's decision, which also affects several others wanted in the United States.

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The British Home Office said Friday that Reid twice stayed at Feltham Young Offenders Institution in West London -- for 10 days in 1992 and one month in 1994.

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The British Home Office is wrong.

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The Home Office spokesman added that British police had been liaising closely with their counterparts on the Continent in an effort to minimise the impact of any hooligans who might travel abroad.

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The British Foreign Office told CNN that it had advised British nationals across the world to stay at home and to avoid crowded places where they could draw attention to themselves.

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The Home Office said the ship was intercepted by UK authorities after heading back to British waters following an aborted attempt to dock at Tripoli.

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The UK Foreign Office has confirmed that some British nationals caught up in the Algerian hostage crisis returned home overnight.

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