Vanunu detained in Bethlehem bid
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Israeli dissident Mordechai Vanunu is  detained trying to enter Bethlehem in defiance of a travel ban.
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Christians in Bethlehem, considered to be Jesus&#39; birthplace, pleaded for help in a radio report Wednesday, September 29, as Israeli soldiers pounded alleged militant positions killing at least six Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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Israeli troops detain a top commander of the Palestinian presidential guard, known as Force 17, Palestinians say.
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Security forces in the ex-Soviet state  of Kyrgyzstan have detained a man who tried to sell nuclear  bomb-grade plutonium on the black market, a senior security  official said on Wednesday.
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ARMED police commandos stormed a Jerusalem church compound yesterday and arrested Mordechai Vanunu, the nuclear whistle blower, drawing condemnation from the Anglican Church for violating the holy site.
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Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) chairman Mahmoud Abbas has arrived in the West Bank town of Bethlehem for the annual Christmas Eve service.
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A candidate in next month&#39;s Palestinian presidential election was detained briefly Friday by Israeli authorities after allegedly assaulting a border policeman at a checkpoint.
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Speaking to a congregation assembled for Christmas mass in a Bethlehem church Friday night, PLO chairman Mahoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) called on Israel to negotiate with the Palestinians.
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German authorities on Friday detained a Syrian-born German businessman who is wanted by Spain for allegedly supporting the al-Qaeda terrorist network.
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Israeli nuclear whistleblower  Mordechai Vanunu was detained on Friday as he tried to enter  the West Bank city of Bethlehem for Christmas in defiance of  restrictions on his movement, Israeli police said.
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Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu was detained on Friday as he tried to enter the West Bank city of Bethlehem for Christmas in defiance of restrictions on his movement, police said.
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - Plainclothes police detained a prominent Nigerian labour leader Saturday, bundling him into a car at an airport in an apparent effort to stop a threatened countrywide strike by oil-industry workers in Africa's largest petroleum exporter, his union said.
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Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu was freed by Israeli police Saturday, hours after he was detained for trying to enter the West Bank to attend Christmas Eve ceremonies in Bethlehem, a police spokesman said.
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GAZA: Palestinian gunmen kidnapped a top security official and held him for several hours in the Gaza Strip yesterday in a fresh challenge to President Yasser Arafat&#39;s rule.
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Kyrgyzstan's national security service has detained a man who tried to sell weapons-grade plutonium-239, a senior security official said on Wednesday.
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A prominent trade union leader, Mansour Osanlou, is seized by unidentified men from a bus in Tehran.
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LISBON, Dec 3  The chairman of European champions Porto was detained for questioning today as part of an investigation into alleged attempts to influence referees.