Madonna’s former boyfriend Chris Paciello has been accused of arranging a phony arrest.
Paciello, who allegedly participated in the 1993 robbery and murder of a Staten Island woman, was said to have sent police after former business partner Sandy Sachs on a false drunk driving charge.
Sachs’ lawyer Gerson Horn claimed that Paciello persuaded a cop buddy [...]
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Madonna’s ex-flame accused of arranging phony arrest
July 20th, 2009 |
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Azharuddin courts arrest in support of Joshi
July 17th, 2009 |
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Congress MP Mohammad Azharuddin on Friday courted arrest in support of Uttar Pradesh Congress unit chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi.
“We are over 150 of us who have courted arrest. We demand an inquiry against those who were responsible for setting Joshi’’s house on fire,” said Azharuddin.
Azharuddin, who met Joshi in the district jail, said: “She has [...]
Orthodox strife grips Jerusalem
July 16th, 2009 |
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Israeli police have closed off areas of Jerusalem where ultra-Orthodox Jews have been staging violent protests.
Haredi demonstrators set fire to rubbish bins and threw stones at police in protest at perceived interference by the authorities in their community.
The latest incidents followed the arrest of an ultra-orthodox woman for alleged abuse of her young son.
At least 15 protesters have been arrested and Mayor Nir Barkat ordered some municipal services be cut off.
The protests are taking place in two ultra-Orthodox neighbourhoods, Mea Shearim and Bar-Ilan.
There were reports of renewed violence between black-garbed Haredim and police using horses and water cannon.
Anger is high at what has been seen as the "unjust" arrest of the mother, who is said to be suffering from a mental disorder and who is alleged to have deliberately starved her three-year-old son.
Another current Haredi grievance has been the Sabbath opening of a private car park near the religiously sensitive Old City area, when Orthodox Jews abstain from work.
Jerusalem is home to large Orthodox communities whose strict adherence to Jewish law sometimes puts them at odds with more secular Jews.</p
This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Jersey City Shootout: 5 Cops Wounded, 2 Suspects Slain
July 16th, 2009 |
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A self-styled Rambo and his accomplice were killed and five Jersey City cops wounded Thursday after a simple pre-dawn arrest exploded into a bloody gunfight, police said.
The suspect – wearing a strap of ammunition and carrying a pump-action …
Wanted Bashir ‘drops Uganda trip’
July 16th, 2009 |
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Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has cancelled plans to travel to Uganda, a Ugandan official says, following speculation he could be arrested.
Mr Bashir, wanted on an international arrest warrant for war crimes, had been invited to a development summit.
But a Ugandan minister’s suggestion he could be arrested, followed by a retraction, made the trip less likely.
Mr Bashir has managed to visit several African countries despite the warrant for his arrest, issued in March.
But unlike those countries, Uganda is a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which issued the warrant for Mr Bashir’s arrest.
Prosecutors accuse him of organising attacks on civilians in the Darfur region of Sudan.
‘Avoiding embarrassment’
But the African Union, of which Uganda is a member, has decided not to honour the warrant.
Ugandan foreign affairs official James Mugume told Reuters that Uganda was committed to the ICC, but wanted to avoid an incident.
He said the invitation for Mr Bashir to attend the Smart Partnership International Dialogue meeting still stood.
"We will handle it through diplomatic channels to avoid embarrassment and inconvenience to anybody," he said.
On Monday Uganda’s state Minister for International Affairs Henry Oryem Okello told the press that Mr Bashir faced arrest in Uganda.
But on Wednesday Sudan’s state-owned Suna news agency reported that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni had telephoned Mr Bashir to apologise and distance his government from Mr Okello’s claims.
President Museveni said Mr Okello was not mandated to speak on behalf of the government on the issue.</p
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Uganda ‘will not arrest Bashir’
July 15th, 2009 |
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The Ugandan government has dismissed claims that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, wanted for war crimes, faces arrest if he visits the country.
Officials had been quoted saying Mr Bashir would be held under an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for his arrest issued in March.
This would have contradicted a decision by the African Union, of which Uganda is a member, not to honour the warrant.
The ICC accuses Mr Bashir of organising attacks on civilians in Darfur.
Earlier in the week, Uganda’s state minister for international affairs Henry Oryem Okello told the press that Mr Bashir faced arrest in Uganda.
But Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has now reportedly apologised for this statement.
Sudan’s state-owned Suna news agency reported that Mr Museveni telephoned Mr Bashir and distanced his government from Mr Okello’s claims.
President Museveni said Mr Okello was not mandated to speak on behalf of the government on the issue.
Police chief Kale Kayihura also told the Daily Monitor newspaper he had not received any instructions to arrest Mr Bashir. </p
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Uganda ‘will not arrest Bashir’
July 15th, 2009 |
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The Ugandan government has dismissed claims that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, wanted for war crimes, faces arrest if he visits the country.
Officials had been quoted saying Mr Bashir would be held under an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for his arrest issued in March.
This would have contradicted a decision by the African Union, of which Uganda is a member, not to honour the warrant.
The ICC accuses Mr Bashir of organising attacks on civilians in Darfur.
Earlier in the week, Uganda’s state minister for international affairs Henry Oryem Okello told the press that Mr Bashir faced arrest in Uganda.
But Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has now reportedly apologised for this statement.
Sudan’s state-owned Suna news agency reported that Mr Museveni telephoned Mr Bashir and distanced his government from Mr Okello’s claims.
President Museveni said Mr Okello was not mandated to speak on behalf of the government on the issue.
Police chief Kale Kayihura also told the Daily Monitor newspaper he had not received any instructions to arrest Mr Bashir. </p
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Slow Torture: the testimony of Detainee Z
July 14th, 2009 |
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Video: Under Britain’s secret evidence laws, terror suspects can be subjected to virtual house arrest without trial. Actor Lewis al-Samari reads the testimony of an Algerian detainee
Slow Torture: the testimony of Detainee Y
July 14th, 2009 |
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Video: Under Britain’s secret evidence laws, terror suspects can be subjected to virtual house arrest without trial. Actor Lewis al-Samari reads the testimony of an Algerian detainee
Slow Torture: the testimony of Detainee Y
July 13th, 2009 |
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Video: Under Britain’s secret evidence laws, terror suspects can be subjected to virtual house arrest without trial. Actor Lewis al-Samari reads the testimony of an Algerian detainee
Slow Torture: the testimony of Detainee Y
July 13th, 2009 |
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Video: Under Britain’s secret evidence laws, terror suspects can be subjected to virtual house arrest without trial. Actor Lewis al-Samari reads the testimony of an Algerian detainee
Hopes and fears
July 11th, 2009 |
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The trial of Burma’s pro-democracy leader on charges of breaking the terms of her house arrest has been proceeding in fits and starts at a court inside Rangoon’s Insein prison, but a verdict is expected soon.
A BBC correspondent in Burma spoke to people about their hopes and fears for Aung San Suu Kyi.
Foreign journalists are barred from Burma, so our correspondent must remain anonymous for his own safety.
In Burma’s second city, Mandalay, the streets are full of bicycles at rush hour as men and women head to their places of work and study.
But behind the picture-postcard setting of palaces and stupas [temples], is a country where people can be arrested for telling a joke or having a photograph of jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Behind closed doors, in the security of their homes and among those they can trust, people hand out pictures of Ms Suu Kyi.
To be caught by police with her photograph is cause enough to be imprisoned. To be caught talking to a foreign journalist means risking a sentence to a term in one of Burma’s many jails.
But people are angry and want the world to know of their plight and their reverence for the woman referred to as The Lady.
She is the symbol of what was and what may be.
‘Only hope’
To many Aung San Suu Kyi remains the symbol of the hopes of those opposed to the generals who rule this country.
I had to travel to the 200-year-old U Bein’s Bridge on the outskirts of the city to meet an opposition supporter.
On the world’s longest teak bridge, we met with a handshake and checked that nobody could listen to us.
Carefully, he took a picture from shirt pocket and handed it to me.
It is a colour picture of the Nobel Peace Prize winner. He had been given it that morning at his friend’s house.
I asked him: why do people see her as so important
"People love Aung San Suu Kyi. People believe Aung San Suu Kyi. She’s our only hope."
Just saying these words could lead to imprisonment.
Looking over his shoulder at a couple of passing monks, he waited until they had walked by. In Burma, even the holy men are looked at with suspicion. Informers are everywhere.
"We love her. She is the hope of the people. If she was jailed the people will be angry. And this could be the small spark that can burn down the palace," he told me.
With elections due next year, many believe that her arrest is a convenient way for the generals to keep the one person they fear out of the way.
But the people are poor in Mandalay. Inflation is high and many have to keep more than one job to provide for their families.
A LIFE IN DETENTION- 1988: Military junta comes to power after crushing pro-democracy uprising
- 1989: Martial law declared; opposition NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi put under house arrest
- 1990: NLD wins elections; result rejected by the ruling junta
- 1995: Suu Kyi released from house arrest, but movements restricted
- Sept 2000: Put under house arrest again when she tried to defy travel restrictions
- May 2002: Released unconditionally
- May 2003: Detained after clash between NLD and government forces
- Sept 2003: Allowed home after operation, but under effective house arrest. In the years since, the orders for her detention periodically renewed
- May 2009: Charged with breaking conditions of house arrest after a US national breaks into her compound
And nobody trusts the police. Everyone I asked about the problems in Mandalay pointed at the police, who are constantly requesting money.
Memories of the 2007 protests, when monks and opposition supporters marched through the streets of this city, are still fresh in the mind. People are afraid.
One man I met had been jailed for handing a monk a bottle of water during the protests in 2007.
"People will not show their anger, but in their hearts they are sad," he told me.
"When the protestors went down the streets, crowds lined the roadside and cheered them. But the people are poor. Nobody could give them food – so they handed out water. And anyone who offered anyone a drink was arrested, and many were taken away to prison for months."
People will be watching for news from Insein Prison in Rangoon.
But will the iconic status they give the woman in the dock lead the people of Mandalay into the streets once again, or will fear of the government force them to keep their support for all she stands for only in their hearts.</p
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Kian Tajbakhsh: Iran Arrests First American Citizen
July 10th, 2009 |
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NEW YORK — An Iranian-American scholar whom Iran once accused of fomenting political unrest has been arrested by authorities there for the second time in two years, his family said Friday.
Security forces arrested Kian Tajbakhsh late Th…
Breaking News Link Journalism: Blagojevich Arrest
December 10th, 2008 |
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So you’ve got a big breaking story right in your backyard, e.g. the governor gets arrested for trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the President Elect. Your newsroom is on the case, but the story is still developing. There are national ramifications, so reporting goes beyond the local angle. How do you [...]