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Paris court rejects Italy's request to extradite former leftist militants

FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds up a portrait of former member of the Red Brigades Marina Petrella with the words 'no to the Extradition' during a protest in Paris July 17, 2008. extradition. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

The Paris Court of Appeal said on Wednesday it had rejected Italy's request to extradite several former leftist militants whom the French authorities arrested last year.

The court said in a statement it had thrown out the request for extradition of 10 individuals who were convicted in Italy for acts committed before 1993.

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