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Pakistan judge remands Musharraf in custodyA Pakistani court remanded former president Pervez Musharraf in custody for two weeks on Saturday as judges pushed ahead with plans to put the former army chief on trial for a crackdown on the judiciary during his time in offic More… |
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Kuwait frees former MPs, activists on bailKuwait have freed on bail three former opposition lawmakers accused of criticising the emir and four people arrested for taking part in protests last week, local activists said on Wednesday. Former Islamist MPs Falah al-Sawwagh an More… |
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Philippines orders Arroyo arrest on plunder chargesA Philippine court said it has ordered the arrest of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on plunder charges, meaning a likely return to detention after she posted bail in July following about seven months of confinement. The More… |
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50 arrested over US Consulate attackLibyan President Mohammed Magarief said on Sunday that about 50 people have been arrested in connection with the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi last week, which he said was planned by foreigners linked to Al Qaeda. More… |
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French police storm bank, arrest hostage-takerFrench police shot and wounded a man claiming to be a member of al Qaeda on Wednesday after he took four hostages in a bank in the southwestern city of Toulouse, two police sources said. The hostage-taker was shot in the leg when he emerge More… |
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Bahrain activist to stay in custody 7 daysAn opposition activist in Bahrain has been remanded in custody for seven days after being charged with posting political tweets on Twitter against the Interior Ministry. Nabeel Rajab was arrested at Bahrain International Airport on Saturda More… |
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Bahrain arrests LMRA hacking suspectsBahrain’s security officials have arrested many Asians suspected of hacking the e-system of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) by using an employee's username and password. They cancelled some registered violations by some organ More… |
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Mauritania arrests Gaddafi spy chiefMauritanian authorities arrested former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's chief of intelligence, Abdullah Al-Senussi, as he arrived at Nouakchott airport, Mauritania's official state news agency AMI said on Saturday. It said Senussi, who ha More… |
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US arrests suspect in suicide attack plotA Moroccan man was arrested near the US Capitol on Friday wearing a vest he believed was full of al Qaeda-supplied explosives and charged in an attempted suicide bombing of Congress, the Justice Department said. Amine El Khalifi, 29, an il More… |
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Police fire tear gas at Oakland, 200 arrestedRiot police fought running skirmishes with anti-Wall Street protesters on Saturday, firing tear gas and bean bag projectiles and arresting more than 200 people in clashes that injured three officers and at least one demonstrator. Three pol More… |
