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Swedish court orders WikiLeaks founder Assange detained (Reuters)

November 18th, 2010

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, which has made public about 500,000 classified U.S. files on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, holds a news conference at the Geneva Press Club in Geneva, November 4, 2010, the day before the United Nation's Human Rights Council examines the U.S. human rights record in its universal periodic review programme. REUTERS/Valentin FlauraudReuters - A Swedish court on Thursday ordered the detention of Julian Assange, the founder of whistle blowing website WikiLeaks, on suspicion of rape and other sexual crimes, allegations he…

Four detained after Shanghai apartment fire kills 53 (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a building in Shanghai, November 15, 2010. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - SHANGHAI (Reuters)- Chinese police held four suspects on Tuesday after a Shanghai apartment fire that killed at least 53 people was blamed on unlicensed welding, official media said.


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Hungary firm head detained over toxic sludge (AP)

October 11th, 2010

Volunteers, wearing protective gears, walk across a street covered by toxic red sludge in Devecser, Hungary, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. The population of the neighboring town of Kolontar was evacuated Saturday and Devecser with a population of 5,300 is also in the likely path of a possible new sludge deluge. Hungary's prime ministers says police have taken into custody the managing director of the company which owns the metals plant where a broken reservoir flooded several towns with toxic red sludge and water.(AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Hungarian police have detained the director of the aluminum company responsible for a flood of caustic red sludge that killed eight people when it burst from its reservoir…

Head of Hungary firm detained over toxic sludge (AP)

October 11th, 2010

Volunteers, wearing protective gears, walk across a street covered by toxic red sludge in Devecser, Hungary, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. The population of the neighboring town of Kolontar was evacuated Saturday and Devecser with a population of 5,300 is also in the likely path of a possible new sludge deluge. Hungary's prime ministers says police have taken into custody the managing director of the company which owns the metals plant where a broken reservoir flooded several towns with toxic red sludge and water.(AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Hungarian police have detained the director of the aluminum company responsible for a flood of caustic red sludge that killed eight people when it burst from its reservoir…

NATO: Detained Afghan journalists released (AP)

September 24th, 2010

An Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Marvin R. Calhoun of Elkhart Ind., upon  arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The Department of Defense says Calhoun was killed in a helicopter crash in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - Three journalists detained by coalition forces and Afghanistan’s intelligence service for allegedly spreading Taliban propaganda have been freed, NATO said Friday, following an outcry from media workers and…

Detained Afghan journalist released by coalition (AP)

September 24th, 2010

An Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Marvin R. Calhoun of Elkhart Ind., upon  arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The Department of Defense says Calhoun was killed in a helicopter crash in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - An Afghan journalist detained by coalition forces for allegedly spreading Taliban propaganda has been freed, NATO said Friday.


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Wife of detained US contractor visits him in Cuba (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

AP - The wife of an American contractor detained in Cuba for nine months on suspicion of spying has been allowed to come to the island and visit him, two…

Iran frees detained US woman on $500,000 bail (AP)

September 14th, 2010

Missing American hiker Sarah Shourd is seen here in this undated photo released by freethehikers.org, August 20, 2009. Shourd, held for more than a year in Iran suspected of spying has been freed, her lawyer said on September 14, 2010.  Shourd and two male companions were arrested near Iran's border with Iraq in July 2009.    REUTERS/freethehikers.org/Handout/Files  (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Iran released an American woman on a bail of $500,000 Tuesday more than a year after she was detained, but authorities said they were not considering the immediate…

Iran releases detained American woman (AP)

September 14th, 2010

FILE - This file photo taken May 20, 2010, shows Sarah Shourd at a hotel in Tehran, Iran. On Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, Iran's English language state television has reported that American Sarah Shourd has been released after more than a year in prison. 'Iran has released US national Sarah Shourd,' flashed the red colored urgent banner on Press TV Tuesday. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - The lawyer of an American woman detained in Iran says she has been released from custody but is still in the prison finalizing details.


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Lawyer awaiting word on bail for detained American (AP)

September 13th, 2010

An undated family handout picture posted on the website www.freethehikers.org shows US hiker Sarah Shourd in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Iran has cancelled planned release of Shourd, accused of spying and illegally entering the Islamic republic, because of unresolved legal issues, officials said(AFP/HO/File)AP - The lawyer of an American woman cleared for release from an Iranian prison says he is still waiting for word that the $500,000 bail has been paid.


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