Saudis Confirm Detention of Blogger
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An outspoken Saudi blogger is being held for âpurposes of interrogation,â the Saudi Interior Ministry confirmed.
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The arrest of Fouad al-Farhan, one of the few bloggers to use his own name, may be an attempt to intimidate others.
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SANAA, Yemen -- The word came in May 2006: Ali Mohammed Nasser Mohammed, a slight, 24-year-old Yemeni with curly black hair and a wispy beard, would be freed from Guantanamo after more than four years. He got a checkup. His photo was taken, as were his fingerprints. He was measured for clothes and...
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Saudi Arabia has detained 139 suspected members of Islamist militant cells including one who was plotting to carry out a suicide bombing, Arabiya television said on Saturday.
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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia, June 27 -- A member of Saudi Arabia's religious police will face trial for his suspected involvement in the death of a man in custody, authorities said,  the second such case against enforcers of the country's strict moral code.
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One of three alleged al-Qaida sympathizers arrested in Vienna this week for an Internet video threat against Austria and Germany was released from custody, a Vienna court spokesman said, according to the Austria Press Agency.
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A Saudi detainee at the U.S. military detention facility at  Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was found dead in his cell from an apparent suicide yesterday afternoon, military officials said. He would be the fourth detainee to take his own life at the facility in the past year.
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Ten Saudi detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison have been released to their home country, Pentagon officials announced Friday, reducing the number of Saudi nationals still held as enemy combatants to approximately a dozen.
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WASHINGTON - A U.S. citizen held since late 2001 as an enemy combatant will be sent back to Saudi Arabia under an agreement between the Justice Department and his lawyers...
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Saudi security forces have arrested an unspecified number of al Qaeda militants suspected of planning attacks in the country during the ongoing Muslim haj pilgrimage, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said on Friday.
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Saudi Arabia has detained five people  suspected of spreading Islamic militant ideology in the  kingdom, which is battling an 18-month wave of al Qaeda  violence, the Interior Ministry said Saturday.
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Saudi Arabia has detained five people suspected of spreading Islamic militant ideology in the kingdom, which is battling an 18-month wave of al Qaeda violence, the Interior Ministry said Saturday.
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WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has agreed to release a U.S. citizen held as an enemy combatant for more than two years, clearing the way for him to return to Saudi Arabia, officials said Wednesday...
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Yaser Esam Hamdi, a Saudi-American citizen who was captured on the Afghanistan battlefield and held without charges for nearly three years, has been freed and returned Monday to Saudi Arabia.    Interior Ministry spokesman Brig...
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Iran's judiciary confirmed on Tuesday the detention of an Iranian-American social scientist on charges of spying, one of a number that U.S. officials and think-tanks had reported held.
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A Saudi human rights group on Saturday demanded the interior ministry explain why an Internet blogger who called for political reforms has been imprisoned.
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Saudi officials say police have arrested a number of suspects over last week's killing of four French citizens.