11.   A hearing will begin later this month to decide whether to extradite a man to Italy on kidnapping charges, a magistrate said Wednesday.

12.   Among the accused is a man recently extradited from Saudi Arabia.

13.   Arbour Monday appealed again to Serbia to extradite the men.

14.   Authorities in the Netherlands have indicated that they intend to extradite the men to face charges there.

15.   Bulgaria has agreed to release a criminal suspect to a Western country, extraditing a man to face murder charges in the death of a former roommate in Buffalo.

16.   But Libya refuses to extradite the men, saying a fair hearing would be impossible.

17.   But, Samir Abu Ghazaleh, the Palestinian representative to Cyprus, told reporters it was unlikely the men would be extradited to Israel.

18.   Dutch authorities have extradited a man detained last week in connection with the murder of Afghan opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood, officials said Friday.

19.   Federal prosecutors extradited a man from Ireland to face arms-smuggling charges even though six other defendants were acquitted of similar charges earlier this year.

20.   Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze on Monday harshly criticized Russia for its refusal to extradite a man suspected of trying to kill him.