Interpol concluded its general assembly with a new strategy to combat terrorism with state- of-the-art technology including DNA analysis, automatic fingerprint machines and sophisticated police databases. (Reuters, 10/26/98)

Germany extradited to France suspected Armed Islamic Group (GIA) member Adel Mechat, 27, wanted on suspicion of membership in clandestine Islamic extremist groups active in Europe, including the GIA branch responsible for a series of bomb attacks in France in 1995. (Reuters, 10/30/98)

South Africa extradited to Egypt Tareq Ali Salama, an alleged member of the Egyptian Jihad group and two other militants. (Reuters, 10/30/98)

Ecuador extradited to Egypt Islamic militant Mohammed Abed Abd el-Aal, suspected of being one of the masterminds of the November 1997 Luxor massacre which killed 58 foreign tourists and four Egyptians. (Reuters, 10/31/98)

Police in Brazil have arrested Wilson dos Santos, a key witness in connection with the 1994 bombing of the Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires that killed 86 people. (Agence France-Presse, 11/18/98)

Interior and justice ministers and military officials from 34 Western Hemisphere countries convened for the second inter-American conference on terrorism and agreed to establish a region-wide committee to combat terrorism in Latin America and to create a central data base of information to share in their fight. (Reuters, 11/24/98)