Arrests

Arrests

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  UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrested

  Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated ... 

• US: Czech slaying suspect killed relatives

  An American man killed his uncle, aunt and cousins in the Czech Republic and then flew to the United States, where he was arrested at an airport, ... 

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  Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack

  A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to ... 

• EU in Kosovo arrests 5 war crime suspects

  The European Union law mission in Kosovo says five ethnic Albanian men have been arrested for alleged war crimes against civilians during the 1998-99 ... 

• Dutch arrest meat works owner in horse meat probe

  Dutch authorities on Thursday arrested the director of a meat-processing and wholesale company whose business is at the center of an investigation ... 

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  Malaysian charged with sedition, 3 more arrested

  Malaysian authorities detained three anti-government figures, charged a student activist with sedition and seized hundreds of opposition newspapers ... 

• Saudi Arabia says arrests 10 from Iranian spy ring

  A Saudi official says police have detained 10 more members of an alleged Iranian spy ring — eight Saudis, one Lebanese and one Turkish national. 

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  Tunisian feminist arrested for alleged provocation

  A Tunisian feminist who scandalized her country by posting topless photos of herself online has been arrested after allegedly sneaking into Tunisia's ... 

• Ex-Saab executives arrested on accounting charges

  A Swedish prosecutor says three former executives of automaker Saab Automobile AB have been arrested on accounting fraud charges. Prosecutor Olof ... 

• Spokesman for Ansar Dine arrested in Mauritania

  The man who acted as the spokesman for one of the three al-Qaida-linked groups occupying northern Mali turned himself in over the weekend to ... 

• Ivory Coast army arrests militia leader

  A militia leader accused of grave crimes during Ivory Coast's 2010-11 postelection violence was taken into custody Saturday not far from the national ... 

• Correction: Honduras-Death Squads story

  In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. 

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  Russian and American spies square off

  The embarrassing arrest of a suspected CIA officer in Moscow is the latest reminder that, even after the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia are engaged in ... 

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  Authorities arrest Uzbek man in Idaho terror case

  U.S. authorities in Idaho said Thursday they have arrested an Uzbekistan national accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist organization in ... 

• Greek police arrest 2 accused of racist abuse

  Police on Thursday arrested two Greek men on suspicion of attacking a Cameroonian national and setting fire to his coffee bar in a central Athens ... 

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  Thai authorities arrest Swiss bank robbery suspect

  Thai police have arrested a Swiss man charged with robbing a bank in his homeland before fleeing to live with his wife in Thailand. Department of ... 

• QPR's Remy reportedly arrested for alleged rape

  Queens Park Rangers says it will not comment on the rape allegations against striker Loic Remy because it is a police investigation. The 26-year-old ... 

• Ethiopian gov't minister, businessmen arrested

  An Ethiopian court ruled Tuesday that prosecutors have two weeks to finalize corruption charges against two dozen people who have been arrested, ... 

• Sierra Leone opposition politician released

  Authorities have released a prominent opposition politician in Sierra Leone who was accused of making statements that could undermine state security. 

• Germany arrests alleged Somali pirate accountant

  German police arrested a man who allegedly acted as an accountant for Somali pirates blamed for the hijacking of an oil tanker in 2010, authorities ... 

• Ugandan general faces arrest for talking politics

  A general who asked questions about President Yoweri Museveni's succession plans faces charges stemming from the alleged breach of an official code ... 

• 2 Russians arrested for brutal homophobic killing

  Investigators say a 23-year-old Russian man was brutally beaten and left to die by his companions after drunkenly telling them he was gay. A former ...