41.   The judge said his marshalls had attempted to serve the extradition order on previous occasions but the defendant, Marvin Smith, had evaded them.

42.   The plea bargain would have made him eligible for immediate release to federal authorities to execute the extradition order.

43.   The suspects, five of whom are of Lebanese extraction, withdrew their appeal against the extradition order handed down earlier Tuesday by a Paraguayan judge.

44.   He initially fought the extradition order but last week stopped those proceedings saying he intended to try to clear his name in the United States.

45.   A German millonaire and his wife have challenged an extradition order to have them stand trial on real estate fraud charges in Germany, court sources said.

46.   Belgian Justice Minister Stefaan De Clerck ordered their release after the Belgian Council of State earlier suspended the extradition order issued against Moreno and Garcia.

47.   But defense lawyer Michael Lacher told reporters outside the courtroom that the extradition order for Schneider and his wife Claudia would be appealed.

48.   Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Prem Kumar said Sobhraj, who has spent more than two decades behind bars in India, was the subject of an extradition order to Thailand.

49.   Their lawyer said in November that they would appeal an extradition order granted by a Florida court.

50.   Should the Frankfurt court give the green light, it would then only remain for the German government to sign the extradition order, Hans-Hermann Eckert said.