Cleric dies in Pakistan custody
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An Islamic cleric arrested in Pakistan for suspected al-Qaeda links dies in custody, officials say.
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BAGHDAD - Gunmen in Baghdad have killed a Muslim cleric who was a member of a group which interceded in the past to win the release of foreign hostages, hours after a radical Islamic group released footage showing the beheading of an American civilian.
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An Afghan Islamic cleric who died in  custody in Pakistan on Wednesday had signs of torture on his  body, an intelligence official said.
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A cleric holed up in a Pakistani mosque said on Friday he and hundreds of followers were willing to surrender, but set conditions authorities rejected after three days of violence in which 19 people have died.
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ISLAMABAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- A Pakistani religious leader, allegedly linked with the al-Qaeda terrorist network, has died here in police custody, local media reported Thursday.
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Pakistani security forces killed a top figure in the Taliban militia fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan and captured four other militants, a military official said.
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Gunmen killed a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most senior Shiite Muslim cleric, along with the aide's son and four bodyguards in a town south of Baghdad, an official in the cleric's office said Thursday.
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British authorities have formally arrested radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri on suspicion he had a role in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
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FAISALABAD: A suspect believed of having links with Al-Qaeda died in police custody in Pakistan on Wednesday, about a week after his arrest, police said.
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Gunmen killed a Sunni Muslim cleric as he entered a mosque in Baghdad to perform noon prayers Monday, the second slaying of a cleric from
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Several people were killed in fighting at a mosque run by radical clerics who have challenged the government.
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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan  - A deputy provincial governor along with four other people were killed while praying in a mosque on Thursday in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, a doctor said.
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A SENIOR cleric belonging to a Pakistani extremist party was killed today when a man shot him as he answered his door, police and party officials said.
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Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been de-arrested, but remains detained as authorities examine his possible extradition to the United States to face terrorism-related charges.
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BAQUBA, Iraq  - Gunmen killed a Sunni Muslim  cleric in the city of Miqdadiya Tuesday, the second such  killing in Iraq in as many days, witnesses and hospital  officials said.
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Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri is arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences.
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Pakistani troops cornered holdout Islamic militants and combed the warren-like Red Mosque complex for booby traps Wednesday after assaulting the compound and killing its pro-Taliban cleric, the army spokesman said.