ROME, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A former terrorist fighting extradition to Italy says the government is pursuing him as a trophy and his life would be in danger if he is sent back.

SAO PAULO, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- An admitted former terrorist jailed in Brazil says the Italian government should offer him a pardon for four homicides he allegedly committed in the 1970s.

ROME, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Italy says it's surprised and disappointed by Brazil's decision to grant political asylum to 1970s leftist terror gang member Cesare Battisti.

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 18 (UPI) -- A former Italian political dissident accused of killing several people in the 1970s has been captured in Brazil, Folha de Sao Paulo reported Sunday.

PARIS, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Lawyers for Italian writer Cesare Battisti are asking the European human rights court to nix a French extradition decree.

ROME, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The Italian government is stepping up efforts to have exiled terrorists returned for trial from France and Nicaragua, The Independent reports.

PARIS, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- French police have requested an international manhunt for a convicted terrorist who vanished in violation of his bail agreement, The Times of London reported.