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Egypt cabinet ‘backs army to make civilian arrests’Egypt's cabinet has approved a draft law giving the army the right to arrest civilians and assist the police in providing security, a cabinet source told Reuters on Monday after the death toll in five days of anti-government protests rose to More… |
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Bahrain arrests 4 suspected bombersBahrain officials arrested four suspects yesterday in connection with Monday's serial blasts, which left two people dead and another seriously injured. This came as His Majesty King Hamad called for the terrorists to be arrest More… |
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Police arrest 5 at Murdoch's Sun newspaperBritish police on Saturday arrested five senior staff at News Corporation's mass-circulation newspaper, The Sun, as part of investigations into journalists paying police for information. The probe is part of a wider investigation into ill More… |
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Siemens hit by graft case in Kuwait, arrests likelySiemens, a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors, said it had discovered evidence of corruption at its business in Kuwait and had involved authorities. &# More… |
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Syria arrests hundreds, shells Deraa into submissionSecurity forces arrested hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators in cities across Syria after taking control of the city of Deraa, cradle of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's autocratic rule. Looking for men under 40 years o More… |
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'Hizbollah links' five arrested in ManamaFive Lebanese men working in a Manama restaurant have been arrested for suspected links to Hizbollah. They were detained by security forces during an operation on Monday night. The men, all said to be from the same family, worked a More… |
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Yemen arrests 4 militants over officer's deathYemen has arrested four militants over the drive-by killing of a senior intelligence officer, including two suspects that police believe are linked to al Qaeda, security sources said on Saturday. Two motorcycle gunmen shot dead Colonel Sal More… |
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Yemen arrests 30 in al Qaeda huntSecurity forces in Yemen's port of Aden have arrested 30 people during a two day hunt for suspected al Qaeda operatives behind an attack on an intelligence building, a security official and the Defence Ministry said. Operations would c More… |
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Yemen arrests 21 separatists as tensions riseSecurity forces arrested 21 separatists trying to provoke rioting during demonstrations in a southern provincial capital as Yemen increased security to guard against attacks, the government said on Sunday. Hundreds of people demonstrated i More… |
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Niger arrests 3 in attack on Saudi travellersNiger security forces have arrested three people suspected of a botched desert hostage-taking that left four Saudi Arabian citizens dead, military sources said. The suspects, captured by soldiers near the Mali border shortly after the dawn More… |
