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- ↑ The Age: "How long can Terry Hicks keep going?"
- ↑ BBC News: "'Taleban' father in caged protest"
- ↑ ABC News Online Terry Hicks deserves father award nomination: Stanhope
- ↑ At the Movies" "The President Versus David Hicks"
- ↑ "Hicks thrilled to be home: father". The Age. Fairfax Ltd. 26 May 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
