Hijacker
Jul 7 2008, AP

Italian authorities have ordered a Palestinian man expelled after he served his sentence for taking part in the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship, which resulted in the murder of an American citizen.The 43-year-old Ibrahim Fatayer Abdelatif...

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