State official detained over 3 peaches
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A top state official learned firsthand how it feels to be suspected of smuggling at Logan International Airport. Customs agents caught his teenage daughter with contraband: three peaches from Italy.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., June 5  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- State and federal agriculture officials have begun surveying and testing stone fruit trees in Pennsylvania as part of the Plum Pox virus eradication program, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said today.
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Georgia's hawkish former defense minister was detained on corruption charges Thursday, days after he alleged that President Mikhail Saakashvili had ordered him to kill a prominent businessman.
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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.
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MURRAY, Ky.  -- A middle school teacher trying to buy pot was arrested after she sent text messages to state trooper instead of a dealer, police said.
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Four local officials have been detained and face a charge of dereliction of duty over a coal mine fire in central China which killed 70 miners last month, state media said.
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China has detained three prominent intellectuals who criticized the government, sources said yesterday, in what some believe reflects a new crackdown on freedom of expression.
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Chinese police have detained three restaurant workers for their role in a kitchen fire that killed 11 people and injured 16, state media reported on Monday.
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Amy Winehouse was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attempting to interfere with a court case involving her husband.
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Russian police hold a third suspect over the theft of more than 200 items from the Hermitage art museum.
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China has detained a trader for his role in the sale of contaminated "red-yolk" duck eggs that have sparked fear across the country, Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
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Government regulators said the suspects were detained during nationwide inspections of restaurants, food and drug production facilities and food markets.
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French police have arrested three people after hundreds of protesters including anti-globalisation icon Jose Bove tried to destroy a field of genetically-modified maize.
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A fourth man was detained Saturday in connection with an attack plot against visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi while the three Iraqi suspects arrested on Friday were brought before a federal magistrate.
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The executive director of the state's Alcoholic Beverage Control faces a drunken driving charge after he was arrested during a traffic stop.
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A man whose home was a tangled mess of overgrown plants, uncaged reptiles and animal feces was arrested Tuesday on charges of animal cruelty, authorities said.
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A senior Bangladeshi politician is detained in prison for a further 30 days following his arrest last month.