Three alleged contract killers have been arrested over the murder of a defence lawyer representing one of three men on trial over the 2008 Mumbai attacks, police said. The trio, aged 25, 28 and 32, were detained in a Mumbai suburb and are being questioned over the death of Shahid Azmi, who
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India arrests 1,000 ahead of Bollywood film launch
February 10th, 2010 |
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Police have arrested more than 1,000 right-wing Hindu activists in the Indian city of Mumbai as part of increased security to stop violence over the release of a new Bollywood film. “Right now, 1,000 plus people have been arrested. Most of them (the arrests) are preventive,” senior officer
China Closes Hacker Training School, Arrests 3
February 8th, 2010 |
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China officials have shut down Black Hawk Safety Net, the country’s biggest hacker training Website, and arrested three people for making hacker tools available online.
– China announced it has arrested three people in connection with operating a hacker training school that distributed malware and hacking tools to its members in online forums.
According to Xinhua,
China
s state-run newspaper, three people were arrested in connection with making the tools availabl…
Over 150 arrests made at Copenhagen climate demo: police
December 15th, 2009 |
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Danish police tear-gassed and arrested Monday more than 150 demonstrators who had set alight barricades outside a giant Copenhagen squat, police said. Demonstrators threw petrol bombs at police who tried to move in and put out the fires, who responded by launching tear gas. Police with
968 arrests at Copenhagen mass climate rally
December 13th, 2009 |
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Police arrested almost 1,000 people among the violent fringes of a mass rally in Copenhagen intended to put pressure on the UN climate summit to take stronger action. Tens of thousands of people took part in the Saturday march to the heavily guarded conference centre where world powers are
Philippines arrests 62 after imposing martial law
December 6th, 2009 |
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The Philippines said on Sunday it had detained more than 60 people and seized a stunning array of weapons after imposing martial law in a southern province in the wake of a massacre. A total of 62 people were swept up in raids over the weekend, including 15 taken from a ranch owned by clan
More than 500 arrests in police raids
October 31st, 2009 |
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Serbian police (MUP) made more than 500 arrests in the so-called Morava operation in the fight against drug trafficking and other criminal activity. According to Interior Minister Ivica DaÄić, more than 600 buildings were searched and several hundred people were arrested on the suspicion of selling illegal substances and committing other crimes.
Pakistan arrests Taliban gang, thwarts Karachi attack
October 19th, 2009 |
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Pakistani security forces have arrested a Taliban leader in the country’s largest city of Karachi along with three other militants, averting a major attack, police said on Monday. “The terrorists were planning for a big attack but the city has been saved from a major disaster,” said Karachi
Kosovo Serbs protest arrests
September 23rd, 2009 |
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Kosovo Serbs have been protesting the arrest by EULEX police of four of their countrymen from Bostane and Jasenovik on suspicion of war crimes. A fifth individual was detained for obstructing the police.
DaÄić doesn’t rule out “preventive arrests”
September 17th, 2009 |
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IM Ivica DaÄić hasn’t ruled out the possibility of preventive arrests of those who threaten Pride Parade participants and says the govt. will discuss the event. Speaking to B92, DaÄić said that it would good if the parade could pass off without incident so that Serbia could show itself in a good light, particularly in light of its aspiration for EU integration.
Pakistan arrests top Taliban officials
September 12th, 2009 |
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Pakistan’s military says soldiers have arrested the spokesman for the Taliban in the Swat Valley and four other commanders, striking its first major blow against the leadership of the insurgency in the one-time tourist resort. Two had bounties of 10 million rupees (US$121,000) on their head,
Pakistan arrests Swat Taliban spokesman: army
September 11th, 2009 |
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Pakistan said Friday it arrested the chief spokesman and a commander of Taliban militants in Swat, capturing the first most-wanted ring leaders behind a devastating two-year insurgency. The northwest valley slipped out of government control after radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah rose up in
Alleged suicide attack plot sparks Australia arrests
August 4th, 2009 |
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In a major anti-terror operation, Australian police have arrested four men they say were planning a suicide attack on an army base in the country. Hundreds of officers were involved in a series of dawn raids in the southern city of Melbourne.
New Jersey Corruption Arrests: Two Mayors Taken Into Custody
July 23rd, 2009 |
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — FBI agents are sweeping across northern New Jersey Thursday, making arrests in what reportedly is described as a major corruption probe.
WNBC-TV in New York reported and showed images of the mayors of Hoboken and Secaucu…
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…