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Why Yemen Hasn’t Arrested Terrorist Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki (Time.com)

November 9th, 2010

Time.com - Most people seem to know where he is likely to be. But tribal and political factors make it difficult for the government to arrest him

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Iran says four “terrorists” arrested: report (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

Reuters - Iranian authorities have arrested four people they say were paid by a Kurdish militant based in Britain to carry out assassinations, state-run Press TV reported on Thursday.

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Hamas says group’s lawmaker arrested in West Bank (AP)

October 18th, 2010

A Palestinian reacts during the funeral for militant Mahmoud Washa at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City October 17, 2010. An Israeli air strike killed Washa in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday when he and others attempted to launch a rocket or mortar shell towards Israel, the Israeli army and Palestinian medics said. REUTERS/Suhaib SalemAP - The Palestinian militant Hamas group says Israeli soldiers have arrested one of its lawmakers in the West Bank.


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Nigeria: Bombing suspect’s brother arrested (AP)

October 17th, 2010

AP - Nigerian security forces arrested the brother of a former militant group leader in the country’s oil-rich southern delta, saying they suspected him of involvement in a bombing that…

Iran: 2 foreigners arrested, tied to stoning case (AP)

October 11th, 2010

An activist with red lipstick on her face to depict blood participates in a demonstration against a stoning sentence in Iran for Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two, pictured in the background, outside the Italian Parliament, in Rome,Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Iran has faced a growing storm of protest over a stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery that has been temporarily suspended. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Iranian authorities have arrested two foreigners as they were interviewing the son of a woman who could face death by stoning on an adultery conviction, the state news…

Nigeria: Ex-militant leader arrested over bombings (AP)

October 2nd, 2010

AP - An ex-leader of a militant group that claimed responsibility for a dual car bombing that killed 12 in Nigeria has been arrested in Johannesburg, a spokeswoman for Nigeria’s…

Top Hamas official arrested in Egypt (AP)

September 19th, 2010

AP - A top Hamas security official was arrested at Cairo airport for using falsified travel documents, Egyptians officials said Sunday.

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6 arrested in UK in alleged terror threat to pope (AP)

September 17th, 2010

A school-girl takes a photograph of Pope Benedict XVI  with her phone at at St Mary's University College during day two of the Pope's four day state visit to Britain in Twickenham  London Friday Sept.17, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Macdiarmid, Pool)AP - British police staged a pre-dawn raid at a London garbage depot Friday, arresting five street cleaners in a suspected terrorist plot against Pope Benedict XVI on the second…

5 London cleaners arrested in alleged pope threat (AP)

September 17th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI greets faithful during his visit at ST. Mary University college in Twickenham London, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on the second day of  a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - British police arrested five London street cleaners over an alleged threat to Pope Benedict XVI on Friday, the second day of a papal trip to Britain that has…

UK Police: 5 arrested in alleged threat to pope (AP)

September 17th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI kisses the head of a boy, as he arrives for a celebration of Catholic education at St Mary's University College, Twickenham,  London  Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid, Pool)AP - An alleged threat to Pope Benedict XVI led to the pre-dawn arrests of five men in London on Friday on the second day of the pontiff’s trip to…