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Thais rule to extradite arms suspect to US (AP)

August 20th, 2010

** FILE ** In this Nov. 18, 2008 file photo, Viktor Bout talks to reporters through the bars at criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand. The suspected Russian arms dealer known as 'The Merchant of Death' is tired of prison life but optimistic a Thai appeals court will rule in his favor Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 and refuse to extradite him to the United States, his lawyer said. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)AP - An appeals court in Thailand ruled Friday to extradite suspected Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout to the United States, effectively ending a more than decade-long chase for the man dubbed “The Merchant of Death.”


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