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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10298

21 January 2011
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/brazil
EP backs call for extradition of Cesare Battisti

Brussels, 20/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament (EP) has voted by 83 votes to one, with two abstentions to approve the resolution put by all Italian parties represented in the EP, calling on the European Union to give its political support to Italy's efforts to have Brazil extradite convicted terrorist Cesare Battisti, found guilty by Italian justice of four murders and sentenced to life imprisonment. The vote closed a sometimes lively and controversial debate with...

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