Belgian Politician Goes Into Hiding
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A Belgian senator of Moroccan origin, known for her criticism of conservative traits within immigrant Muslim communities, has gone into hiding after receiving death threats, officials said Wednesday.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (BBC News) - A Belgian convict who has escaped prison on three prior occasions was recaptured in the neighbouring Netherlands Tuesday. He had escaped from Ittre prison on Sunday in a daring breakout involving several accomplices, a getaway car, a helicopter and considerable confusion on the part of officials. Nordin Benallal was recaptured in The Hague on Tuesday, after being cornered in a motorcycle showroom. His brief flirt with freedom came after his fourth escape from prison. Dutch police said that Benallal and another man had been arrested after police fired warning shots. He is expected to be returned to Belgian custody on Wenesday.
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Belgium steps up security in the capital after a plot to free a jailed al-Qaeda member is discovered, officials say.
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MONTREAL (CP) - A Guatemalan who has lived in Quebec for 16 years went into hiding Friday rather than be deported over alleged war crimes he committed during the Central American country's civil war.
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A Belgian inmate made a dramatic escape from jail for the fourth time on Sunday evening after his armed accomplices landed in the prison grounds in a hijacked helicopter, prosecutors said on Monday.
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As ministers in Congo's first democratic government in four decades settled into their new offices on Thursday, there was one notable absentee.
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An undercover reporter smuggled fake  bomb-making equipment into the British parliament, a day after  fox hunting protesters made a mockery of security by bursting  onto the floor of the debating chamber.
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Belgian police boosted security in Brussels on Friday amid fears of a possible Christmas attack after they foiled a suspected plan to free an Al-Qaeda sympathiser from prison.
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A sense of crisis prevails in Belgium, as separatists want to slice the country horizontally along ethnic lines.
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Belgian soldiers with links to extreme-right groups were among 17 people arrested for allegedly planning attacks aimed at &quot;destabilising&quot; the country's institutions, the Belgian prosecutor's office has revealed.
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"Les enfants de la patrie . . ."  BRUSSELS: The man who will probably be elected Belgium's new prime minister cut a poor figure on the country's national day on Saturday when he could not say why it was being marked and fumbled over the ... via The Mercury
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Belgian voters go to the polls in an election which is likely to see PM Guy Verhofstadt struggle to keep his job.
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BRUSSELS - Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt on Wednesday afternoon left hospital, where he had been under observtion following a serious car crash on Tuesday night.
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A French MP has returned in disgrace from the Middle East after a bizarre private mission failed to free two journalists held hostage in Iraq.
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A retired police colonel who went into hiding to avoid a 10-year prison sentence in a human rights case dating from the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet has been arrested, police reported.
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A lucky Belgium resident has returned home from holiday to find themselves 100 million euros (130 million dollars) richer after discovering a winning lottery ticket.
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Sen. David Vitter, R-La., in seclusion since acknowledging dealings with an escort service, is returning to Washington for votes in the Senate, his office said Sunday.