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NATO: Key Figure From al-Qaida-Linked Group Captured

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A militant who led operations in Afghanistan for an al-Qaida-linked terror group has been captured in the north where his fighters joined forces with the Taliban to step up attacks against Afghan and coalition forces, NATO said Friday. The senior figure from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan was...

Yogi Bear Arrested in Utah: Smarter Than the Average Perp

After years of snatching picnic baskets and duping park rangers without consequence, Yogi Bear appears to have finally been trapped by police in Utah. Officers from the Utah County Sheriff's Office apparently captured the famed Hanna-Barbera character on fishing without a license, immigration charges and other...

Virginia Woman Arrested in Pig Decapitation Case

Police in Virginia have charged a woman with felony counts of maiming livestock for allegedly decapitating one pig and stabbing another. Ashley Marie Fowler, 21, of Portsmouth, has been charged with two felony counts of killing/maiming livestock, one count of misdemeanor vandalism and one count of possession of...

Israel Arrests Serb Accused of Killing Muslims in 1995 Massacre

JERUSALEM -- Israel today arrested a Bosnian Serb immigrant from the former Yugoslavia whom Bosnia wants to try for alleged involvement in the Srebrenica massacre 15 years ago. The Justice Ministry of Serbia welcomed the Israeli move, although officials here say extradition could be a long process. A spokesman for the...

Sudan Arrests Opposition Leader Amid Tunisia Uprising

Sudan arrested a prominent Islamic opposition leader early today in a wave of arrests coinciding with neighboring Tunisia's popular revolt, suggesting that other North African dictators may be seeking to tamp down similar uprisings before they happen. Tunisia's longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled his country...

Background on arrest

An arrest is the act of depriving a person of his or her liberty usually in relation to the purported investigation or prevention of crime and presenting (the arrestee) to a procedure as part of the criminal justice system.

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