The people at Fair Go for David Hicks tell me that the probable date of his capture was 9 December 2001. I have adjusted the counter accordingly. --OG

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A few weeks ago someone wrote to The Age, congratulating the paper on keeping the David Hicks story alive. The writer went on to suggest that The Age print a daily update on the number of days Hicks has been held without trial.

As far as I know such a counter does not exist. I'm no whiz at these things, but I've set up a simple arrangement that includes his picture and a counter indicating the number of days since he was captured and held without trial. It sits in the right column of Bilegrip's main page.

I've been unable to determine the exact date of Hicks' capture in Afghanistan. It is known to have been sometime in December 2001. Until someone tells me otherwise, I have set the counter from 1 December 2001. This means the figure is probably overstated by several days.

If some has or can put together a more sophisticated counter, I would be happy to use it instead. Until then, this one will have to do.

-- Olney Garkle