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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Allen Stanford (top) the former billionaire accused of a $7 billion fraud, leaves federal court in Houston in this September 15, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Richard Carson

Allen Stanford (top) the former billionaire accused of a $7 billion fraud, leaves federal court in Houston in this September 15, 2009 file photo.

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HOUSTON | Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:22pm EDT

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Allen Stanford, who is in jail awaiting trial on charges related to an alleged $7 billion fraud, was taken to a Texas hospital after a fight with another inmate, a deputy U.S. Marshal confirmed on Friday.

Stanford, 59, was injured in a fight on Thursday morning and needed medical attention, the deputy said.

He will be kept in the hospital overnight returned to the jail on Saturday, Houston television station KPRC-TV reported.

The deputy declined to provide details of the extent of Stanford's injuries.

A phone call to Stanford's lawyer was not immediately returned.

Stanford has been in a federal detention facility 40 miles north of Houston since his arrest in June. He is accused of running a Ponzi scheme targeting clients of his offshore bank in Antigua.

Last month, Stanford spend five days in the hospital undergoing heart tests.

(Reporting by Anna Driver in Houston; Editing by Andre Grenon, Gary Hill)
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