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BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A Thai court extended the detention Wednesday of a Russian man dubbed the "Merchant of Death" for his alleged reputation as one of the world's biggest black market arms dealers.
Bangkok Criminal Court approved a police request to extend by 12 days the detention of Viktor Bout, 41, who was arrested on March 6 at the request of U.S. authorities, said police Col. Petcharat Sengchai said.
Bout faces U.S. charges of "conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization" for allegedly arranging to sell and transport weapons, including portable surface-to-air missiles, to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
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