the merchant of death right and you've got him in your hands spread he's in custody it's a great feeling u.s. officials were relentless in their efforts to get behind bars so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmates american agents posing as far members of colombian group to terrorist in the u.s. but not by many other countries and the u. when met with and then arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after twice being found not guilty by thai courts the u.s. reportedly play dirty arm twisting thailand into extraditing him to america they're willing to flaunt every international law to get what they want and that means doing all these illegal things in the case of the trouble to extradite him or should say kidnap and boot family also called us actions entrapment and kidnapping the police clive's i can accept the possibility that they did who might have some information that might be of interest to someone why is it bad other countries don't just think for themselves that there is someone who has some interesting information and why don't those government just drag those pe

viktor bout, the merchant of death, has been sentenced to 25 years in jail. he was found guilty of conspiring to sell weapons including surface-to-air missiles. prosecutors described him as a businessman of the most dangerous order. we report from new york. >> the notorious russian arms dealer has learned his fate, 25 years in jail. that is the sentence he agreed -- received for agreeing to sell weapons to colombian rebels. it is a lie, he shouted out. the former officer was snared by a sting operation. the rebels were actually u.s. informant. >> the judge could have given him life. he is grateful to her. considering the facts and circumstances, he intends to move forward in the court of appeals and it to the united states supreme court. >> bout became famous for using his net worth of cargo planes to fly weapons around the world. by supplying arms, he field conflict across africa. the film "board of walord of wad on him. russia claimed the u.s. was politically motivated. bout's lawyers criticized the way this otis set up a sting operation. american prosecutor

nicknamed the merchant of death was jailed for selling weapons to rebels in colombia. our report from new york. >> the notorious russian arms dealer victor boot has found his fate, 25 years in jail. that's the sentence he received for greag to sell guns to colombian rebels willing to kill american helicopter pilots. "it's a lie" he shouted out in court. he was snagged by a sting operation. the rebels were actually u.s. informants. >> the judge could have given him as much as life, and he is grateful to her for carefully considering the facts and circumstances of this investigation and prosecution, and he intends to move forward in the court of aappeals, and if necessary, to the united states supreme court. >> bout became infamous for using a network of cargo planes to fly weapons around the world. a u.n. envoy said by supplying arms he fueled conflict across africa. the film "lord of war" is believed to be based on bout's exploits. the case led to tensions between moscow and russia. russia claimed the u.s. pursuit of bout was politically motivated. viktor bout crilt si

the man once called the merchant of death is beginning his sentence, confined to prison, unable to deal in weapons. >> doctors say they are in a race against time to halt the spread of potentially untreatable malaria pit a strain has emerged in the border of thailand and burma that is resistant to treatment. experts say that, if it cannot be defeated, many more lives can be lost to the disease with the strain spreading onto india and africa. the managing director of the office of u.s. special envoy to military says that the world must act quickly. >> it is unclear how long it would take to spread to india and africa. just about four years to five years ago, when resistance started emerging in cambodia, we now see it on the thai-burmese border. at that rate, in six years to seven years, we could see it spread to parts of india and africa if we do not do anything about it. fortunately, we are. >> new medicine is being developed? >> yes. there are two very promising products that have been approved in the last few months. there are some very interesting products coming down the pike in the

. >>> arms trafficker victor boot, so-called merchant of death, has been sentenced to 25 years behind bars. during sentencing in new york yesterday, boot stood up, shouting the charges against him are a lie. the ex-soviet officer was convicted on terrorism charges in november after being caught in a sting operation trying to sell weapons to what he thought were colombian rebels. russian officials called it groundless and politically motivated. >>> from the merchant of death to america's most notorious mass murderer. this is the latest mug shot of charles manson. the 77-year-old former cult leader now has long gray hair and a beard. gone is the wild-eyed stare when he was arrested for the murdering of sharon tate and six others back if 1969. manson faces his 12th parole hearing next wednesday. >>> greg mortenson, author of "three cups of tee" has agreed to repay his charity $1 million. an investigation showed he spent more than $1 million of his charity's money on things like clothing and family vacations. the investigation began last year after a "60 minutes" report questioned the acc

us press him the merchant of death that is just a legitimate businessman. since the very beginning mr boot has maintained his innocence he continues to do so his defense attorney following the sentencing came outside of the court room and said that victor boot is an innocent man. when election day that's the big this is not the ames we've got the jury is just beginning. though you know it was positions are clear. we. should think was arrested in thailand in a sting operation in march two thousand and eight following his arrest the u.s. was pressing for him to be taken to the united states but the russian citizen was in. jail for some two years and during two different courts hearings type courts refused the u.s. extradition request the russian federation also said that mr putin a russian citizen and also former soviet military officer are should not be extradited to the united states nonetheless in november two thousand times mr boot was taken out of thailand by a group of u.s. officials according to documents released by wiki leaks the u.s. government spent

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a notorious russian arms dealer dubbed "the merchant of death" is sentenced in new york to 25 years of prison. viktor bout was found guilty of agreeing to sell arms including surface to arm missiles he thought were colombian militants intent on attacking american soldiers. with the french election a few weeks ago, the incumbent nick lai sarkozy said he can only guarantee stability in turbulent times. he promised to balance the budget and free contributions to the european union. seven of the country's diplomats have been abduct in northern mali. the region has folded to the rebel group, the algerian council and five officials were forced to leave the mission by an unidentified group. the terror suspect bah bah annan has been held in britain without trial for a record seven years. he says he wants to stay in the uk to be try rather than be extradited to the united states. he's accused of running websites that raised money for terrorist groups. next week, the european court of human rights will rule on his extradition. we have this exclusive report. >> he's the longest serving prisoner i