AN atheist who left leaflets mocking Jesus Christ, Islam and the Pope in an international airport’s prayer room was yesterday hit with an Asbo.

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US Justice Department and Microsoft lawyers are pressing to finalise a deal to end their four-year antitrust battle, while state lawyers asked a judge for more time to consider the settlement.

Microsoft and the US Justice Department have reached an agreement to settle the historic anti-trust case against the software giant, and state attorneys general were reviewing terms of the deal, according to people familiar with the talks.