Syria arrests prominent dissident
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A former MP and democracy campaigner Riad Seif is arrested in Syria, local human rights groups say.
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CAIRO, Dec. 14 -- Police arrested the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood's chief strategist along with at least 140 others Thursday after a protest by uniformed students raised fears the Islamic political group is creating a military wing.
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Greek police said on Friday they had  arrested a man suspected of selling corporate secrets from  France's Dassault Group, including data on weapons systems.
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JERUSALEM -- Hamas officials in Gaza yesterday arrested a spokesman for the shadowy Army of Islam, the group that claims to have kidnapped the BBC's Gaza correspondent, Alan Johnston, on March 12.
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The reputed head of the Basque separatist group Eta, his partner, and at least 16 other suspected members were arrested yesterday in a joint operation by Spanish and French police.
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Israeli forces arrested a senior Hamas leader today who is accused of masterminding a number of deadly attacks on Israelis, including a double-suicide bombing in a southern desert town in August that killed 16 people.
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Authorites on Friday arrested a Syrian-German businessman who is wanted by Spain on charges he helped fund the al-Qaida terrorist network for years and who appeared in a wedding video at a mosque with some of the Sept. 11 hijackers, German officials said.
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A former Liberian army chief is arrested for "subversive activities" - the first such arrests since 2005 elections.
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A Chinese civil rights activist who chronicled the plight of other dissidents before being taken from his home in December has been officially arrested and charged with subversion, his lawyer said Friday.
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Alleged members of a radical Palestinian group are arrested in Lebanon over recent attacks on commuter buses.
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Authorities on Friday arrested a Syrian-German businessman wanted by Spain on charges he helped fund the al-Qaida terrorist network for years and who is seen in a video at a mosque with some of the Sept. 11 hijackers, German officials said.
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A Syrian and an Algerian have been arrested in Spain in connection with the March 11 Madrid train bombings, the Spanish interior ministry said.
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A Syrian arms dealer Monzer Al Kassar, wanted in the United States on suspicion of aiding a terrorist organisation, has been arrested at Madrid airport, the Spanish interior ministry announced Friday.
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Authorities in Uzbekistan have arrested a prominent human rights advocate, a fellow activist said Wednesday, amid an ongoing crackdown on dissidents and government critics in the tightly controlled former Soviet state.
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Chinese police have detained dissident   writer Zhang Jianhong on allegations of "inciting subversion"   through online political essays, a U.S.-based group advocating   media rights said on Thursday.
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Police arrested the main financier and strategist of Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood opposition group Thursday, security and group officials said.
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Iraqi security forces have arrested another leader of the 1920 Revolution Brigades, a group accused of numerous attacks on U.S. forces, the General Command of the Armed Forces said Wednesday.