31.   Straw then began formal extradition proceedings last April, but they bogged down in a series of appeals.

32.   Under British law, the decision whether to allow extradition proceedings to proceed rested solely with Straw, who is in charge of all matters related to law enforcement.

33.   Vassell appeared Thursday in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan, and declined to waive extradition proceedings.

34.   Venezia later fled to his home town of Laterza, in southern Italy, where he was arrested and held by Italian police pending extradition proceedings.

35.   Parker waived further extradition proceedings at a hearing in Indiana on Friday and was expected to return to New Hampshire by the weekend.

36.   A Chilean delegation was to visit Home Secretary Jack Straw on Thursday to urge him to use his discretion to block Spanish extradition proceedings against Pinochet.

37.   A different appellate panel twice ordered Smyth back to jail after Caulfield granted him bond during extradition proceedings.

38.   A magistrate on Monday refused to throw out the case against a former British spy being held on U.S. charges, and ordered extradition proceedings to continue.

39.   A friend of two South Carolina construction workers who were murdered in St. Thomas earlier this month was awaiting extradition proceedings Tuesday on fraud charges.

40.   A spokeswoman for Los Angeles District Attorney Gil Garcetti said his office will begin extradition proceedings to bring the Kimeses to California to stand trial for murder this week.