Arrests

Arrests

• 'Coronation Street' actor charged over rape claims

  A longtime star of British soap opera "Coronation Street" has been charged with two counts of rape involving a 15-year-old girl about three decades ... 

• Pink Floyd poser arrested for theft by swindle

  A man is accused of pretending to be a member of British rock band Pink Floyd at a U.S. hospital — and racking up as much as $100,000 in unpaid ... 

• Islamist preacher arrested in Egypt over slander

  Egypt's state news agency says a hard-line Islamist preacher has been arrested for slandering a famous actress by accusing her of "practicing ... 

• Macedonian police hold 17 over antiquities looting

  Macedonian police say they have carried out raids across the country and arrested 17 people, including two state museum employees, for alleged ... 

• Greek police say 2 arrested on terrorism charges

  Police say they have arrested two men on charges of membership in a domestic terrorist organization and of being accomplices in a bank robbery in ... 

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  France: jihadist convert arrested in Mali

  French troops in Mali have arrested a French citizen who converted to Islam, took on the jihadist cause and threatened his native country in a video ... 

• Indian arrested for letting son, 9, drive Ferrari

  Police in India have arrested a man who allowed his 9-year-old son to drive his Ferrari. Mohammed Nisham was arrested on charges of endangering the ... 

• Police say they have nabbed gang of counterfeiters

  Police in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki say they have arrested three men and a woman involved in currency counterfeiting, plus the owner of ... 

• Dutch cyberattack suspect arrested in Spain

  A Dutch citizen has been arrested in Spain in connection with what experts described as the biggest cyberattack in the history of the Internet, one ... 

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  President arrested in Bosnia corruption crackdown

  Bosnian police on Friday arrested one of the country's presidents along with 18 other people as part of a corruption investigation in one of the ... 

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  Spain's jobless above 6 million for first time

  With more than 6 million unemployed for the first time ever, Spain's jobless rate shot up to a record 27.2 percent in the first quarter of 2013, the ... 

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  Spain: 2 suspected al-Qaida branch members held

  Police have arrested two suspected members of al-Qaida's North African branch in Spain, one of whom Spanish authorities alleged praised the Boston ... 

• 3 more people arrested after FA Cup crowd trouble

  London police have arrested three more people in relation to the crowd violence that marred the FA Cup semifinal match between Millwall and Wigan. 

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  Police: 2 arrested in al-Qaida linked Canada plot

  Two men were arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from al-Qaida elements in Iran, ... 

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  Nicaragua nabs US most-wanted child porn suspect

  Police in Nicaragua have detained a former U.S. school teacher who was on the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives as a suspect in a child pornography ... 

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  2nd man arrested in rape of 5-year-old Indian girl

  A second suspect was arrested Monday in the rape of a 5-year-old girl who New Delhi police say was left for dead in a locked room, a case that has ... 

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  Police arrest suspect in school shooting threat

  Dutch police say they have arrested a suspect in an online threat to shoot a teacher and students that prompted authorities to close all the high ... 

• Australia arrests priest on pedophilia charges

  Australian police arrested a Roman Catholic priest on pedophilia charges Monday, following months of negotiations to have him returned from the ... 

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  Greek farm shootings highlight migrants' plight

  After months of pressing the strawberry plantation over pay, the Bangladeshi migrant laborers gathered in the field hoping that a deal was near. 

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  Pakistan's Musharraf vows to fight after arrest

  Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf vowed on Friday to fight what he called politically motivated allegations against him, following his ... 

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  Rolf Harris arrested over sex offense allegations

  Rolf Harris, a veteran entertainer who has released hit singles and painted Queen Elizabeth II's portrait, has been arrested as part of a police ... 

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  Police arrest former Pakistani ruler Musharraf

  Police arrested former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf overnight at his home in the capital, where he had holed up following a dramatic ... 

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  Venezuela crackdown deemed worst in years

  National Guard troops beat dozens of opposition supporters inside a barracks for refusing to accept the government-certified electoral victory of Hugo ...