Police detain Ashoura mourners in Iran
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Police in the central Iranian city of Isfahan detained a large number of mourners for mutilating themselves during ceremonies commemorating the death of a revered Shiite figure, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday.
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Iranian police have smashed an  antiquities smuggling ring, arresting 36 people and recovering  more than 940 stolen treasures, the Web site of the state  Cultural Heritage Organization said Tuesday.
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U.S. troops detained the eldest son of Iraq's most influential Shiite politician for nearly 12 hours Friday as he crossed back from Iran &#151; the same route Washington believes is used to keep powerful Shiite militias flush with weapons and aid.
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US-led forces in Iraq say they have arrested an Iranian officer operating in the north of the country.
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TABA, Egypt  - Investigators lifted fingerprints, swabbed dust and collected tissue from the wreckage of three car bombings Saturday and detained dozens of Bedouin tribesmen, including quarry workers who could have provided the explosives that killed at least 34 people.
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At least 15 people held over bombings, police official says.
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Seven Iranians working for the Iranian Electricity Ministry are arrested by US forces in Baghdad.
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TABA, Egypt- Investigators lifted fingerprints, swabbed dust and collected tissue yesterday from the wreckage of three car bombings and detained scores of Bedouin tribesmen, including quarry workers who could have provided the explosives that killed at
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BORDEAUX, France  - Police detained 21 suspects,  including an ETA leader, and seized a large arms cache on  Sunday in a sweep against the Basque guerrilla group in France  and Spain, officials said.
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The Iraqi security forces say they have detained at least 50 people following suicide car bombings in the mainly Shia cities of Najaf and Karbala.
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Iran&#39;s Intelligence Minister Ali Yunessi said Tuesday &quot;several people&quot; have been arrested for spying on the country&#39;s nuclear programme, the official news agency IRNA reported.
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Four Iraqi military officers are being held over the kidnapping this week of an Iranian diplomat in Baghdad, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Wednesday.
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Reports from Iran say a prominent trade union leader, Mansour Osanlou, has been arrested in Tehran.
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Iranian police will intensify a crackdown on women flouting Islamic dress laws, a senior official tells local media.
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Iran says it has arrested dozens of people for allegedly spying on the country&#39;s nuclear programme. Intelligence Minister Ali Younesi said some of those detained were suspected of passing nuclear secrets to what he termed Iran&#39;s enemies.
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Iraqi police freed a Jordanian hostage in a raid south of Baghdad on Tuesday, detaining three men believed to have played a role in the kidnapping, a police spokesman said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraqi police have taken control of the Imam Ali Mosque in the holy city of Najaf after entering the shrine and arresting some hundreds of militiamen, Interior Ministry and an Iraqi government source say.