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U.S. suspect in Poland murder to fight extradition By Andrew Stern Wed Oct 25, 7:54 PM ET CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Polish-born Chicago businessman accused by Polish authorities of soliciting the murder of the nation's police chief in 1998 will fight extradition, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Edward Mazur, 60, was arrested last week and held on charges he offered $40,000 for the murder of Marek Papala, former chief of the Polish National Police. The charges were brought more than a year ago in Poland. Papala was shot once in the head and killed as he was getting out of...

FBI detains suspect in murder of Poland's ex-police chief Oct 20, 2006, 16:35 GMT Warsaw - The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has detained a Polish-American businessman suspected of contracting the killing of Poland's ex-national police commander General Marek Papala in 1998, Poland's justice minister said Friday. Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro confirmed Poland's request to the US to extradite Mazur for trial. The procedure was under way Friday, but it remained unclear when the US would actually hand-over the suspect. 'We understand this is a long procedure...but we believe this is the beginning of the road to putting...