Latvia and Australia signed an extradition treaty, clearing a major obstacle to deporting suspected Nazi war criminal Konrad Kalejs, now a resident of Melbourne, Australia. The treaty requires approval by Latvian legislators, and the Baltic nation would have to issue an indictment before Kalejs could be put on a plane for Latvia.
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