Iraq's deputy health minister arrested
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U.S. and Iraqi forces swooped on the Health Ministry on Thursday, seizing a deputy minister accused of funneling millions of dollars to Shi'ite militias in the first major sign that a crackdown in Baghdad has begun.
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An Iraqi official said a man who is in custody is not a top deputy of former president Saddam Hussein, as had been suspected earlier.
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An Iraqi government minister said he&#39;s 60 percent certain that the most-wanted man of Iraq&#39;s former regime, Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, has been captured.
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Abu Hamza al-Masri is arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences.
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Indonesian authorities arrest the governor of Aceh province for alleged involvement in a corrupt helicopter purchase.
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Three Iraqis accused of planning an attack on Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, who is visiting Germany, have been arrested by German police.
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Nigerian police have arrested a witchdoctor employed by a politician to perform rituals at an election tribunal, local media reported on Thursday.
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US and Iraqi forces raid a health ministry building in Baghdad, detaining the deputy health minister.
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US troops in Iraq say they have arrested a suspected leader of a Shia militia group allegedly backed by Iran.
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A Pakistani minister being investigated in connection with the death of a Canadian woman is arrested.
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Iraqi authorities say they have arrested the second-in-command of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
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Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott was admitted to hospital with a suspected chest infection on Saturday, his office said.
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Iraqi forces detained the suspected leader of a terrorist cell network believed to be funded by Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter, who is wanted by Iraqi authorities on terrorism charges, the U.S. military announced Monday.
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Iraqi forces have captured a senior  aide to al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the government said  Monday.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces raided the Health Ministry building in central Baghdad on Thursday and arrested the deputy health minister, a ministry spokesman and witnesses said.
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Iraqi officials now say Saddam Hussein&#39;s former top deputy was not arrested as had been announced Sunday. The Interior Ministry says Monday medical tests indicate that a person arrested during a raid Sunday near Tikrit is not Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri.
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A prominent Syrian dissident, who the United States had urged be allowed to travel abroad for medical treatment, has been arrested, a Syrian human rights group said Tuesday.