Canada granted Guantanamo appeal

Mr Khadr was 15 when he was captured by US forces in Afghanistan

Canada's highest court has agreed to allow the government to appeal against a ruling ordering it to seek the return of a Canadian from Guantanamo Bay.

The Supreme Court ruling imposes a stay on the earlier order until Ottawa's appeal is heard on 13 November.

Omar Khadr, 22, has been held at the US detention facility over the killing of a US soldier in Afghanistan in 2002 when he was 15, a charge he denies.

He could be sentenced to life in jail if convicted.

The judges in the previous Appeal Court ruling last month upheld the view of Omar Khadr's lawyers that the government's refusal to ask for his repatriation infringed his constitutional rights.

His lawyer Dennis Edney has said his client would be willing to be prosecuted in Canada and to undergo a period away from his family, who in the past have had ties to al-Qaeda.

The Supreme Court hearing is set for 13 November, on what the Canadian Globe and Mail newspaper says may be the eve of a likely federal election.