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- A French appeals court approved the extradition of two suspected members of the
Basque separatist group ETA to Spain. Jose Maria Arregui Erostarbe is linked
to a booby-trapped parcel that injured the president of Spain's anti-terrorism court in
February 1990, and Francesco Mugica Garmendia is suspected of sending a car packed with
explosives to Madrid in March 1991. (Reuters, 4/2/97)
- Japan and Canada agreed to hold regular governmental talks over security
issues, including international terrorism. (AP, 4/3/97)
- Mexico agreed to extradite to Spain Oscar Cadenas, a suspected member of
the Basque separatist group ETA wanted for attempted murder, causing criminal
damage and belonging to an armed band. (Reuters, 4/5/97)
- U.S. law enforcement officials, working with Afghan tribal leaders and Pakistani
intelligence officers, seized Pakistani Mir Amal Kansi, 33, in Pakistan, suspected
of shooting two C.I.A. officers outside the agency's Virginia headquarters in
January 1993. Kansi, who had reportedly sought to attack a symbol of the U.S., was
convicted of murder in November 1997. (The New York Times, 6/18/97, AP, 11/11/97)
- The Group of Seven top industrial democracies and Russia agreed to step up
their fight against terrorism, including fund-raising by terrorists and potential attacks
on computer systems. Their statement pledged "To promote further cooperation, our
governments will compare their domestic legislation related to terrorist fundraising, and
ensure strong domestic laws and controls over the manufacture, trading and transport of
explosives." (Reuters, 6/21/97)
- Under an international arrest warrant issued by Germany, Italian police
arrested Libyan Musbah Eter Abulgasem, 40, suspected of choosing the target and
providing the explosives for the 1986 bombing of a West Berlin nightclub which
killed three. (Agence France-Presse, 8/27/97)
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