Anti-Government Protests Spark in Budapest, Hungary

Anti-government protests sparked on Sunday in Hungary's capital Budapest. Several thousand protesters came out, and thirty five were detained by police. The tough economic situation that Hungary is facing is thought to have caused the protests. "Several thousand people held...

Taiwan's former president arrested over graft probe

Chen Shui-bian, former president of Taiwan was arrested and detained for allegedly embezzling 14.8 million Taiwan dollars ($480,500 US) from the government during his presidency. He was shown putting his cuffed...

Iraq : US Coalition Forces Capture Al-Quaida"Mr. Fixit" in Further Terrorist ...

US Coalition forces in Iraq have captured and detained nine suspected terrorists including a senior Mr. Fixit based in Abu Ghraib and five "Wanted" men , it has been revealed within the last hour.   " Coalition forces in Iraq detained nine suspected terrorists,...

China detain 35 Pak nationals for planning attack on Games

Pakistan best ally China has arrested more than three dozen Pakistani citizens for plotting an attack during the Olympics games. These visiting Pakistani were travelling to China as Olympic spectators. The Chinese government has asked the Pakistani government for...

How to Perform a Citizen's Arrest of A Bush Administration Official by Nathan...

"The news that 4 people had been arrested in Iowa while trying to perform a citizen's arrest on Karl Rove got me wondering: Can we arrest Bush administration officials ourselves? So I slogged through a slew of...

CNN host Glenn Beck : I Wouldn’t Detain Terror Suspects, I’d ‘Shoot The...

"Today on his radio show, CNN host Glenn Beck expressed his disdain of the recent Supreme Court ruling granting terror suspects the right to challenge their detention in civilian courts, exclaiming that if he...

Brown enters the final hours of his battle to win vote on 42 days

Gordon Brown is making a last-ditch effort to prevent an embarassing Labou revolt over the 42-day detention law in Britain by adding a proposal to paycompensation of £3,000 a day for those held for more than 28 days whoare not charged."Gordon Brown is struggling to head off...

Children at breaking point: Knives, guns, bullies...a shocking look at growin...

"The rights of a generation of children in Britain are being eroded by poverty, unhappiness and fear of crime, the largest report on the state of childhood in six years reveals.EducationMore than 78 per cent of children surveyed said they get stressed, mainly because of...

Myanmar police detain Suu Kyi supporters

Battling with international censure for failing to provide relief to poor victims, Police in Myanmar have today detained more than a dozen members of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party. The members of Suu...

Police Use Tear Gas to Break Up Thousands of Partiers Near Michigan State Campus

Police say around 3,000-4,000 people were gathered in East Lansing, Michigan on Saturday night after an attempt to re-start the Cedar Fest parties that were shut down in 1987 after the parties got too...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

Alleged 'Merchant of Death' caught in Thailand

One of the world's most wanted arms traffickers has apparently been arrested by police."BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — A Russian dubbed the "Merchant of Death" for allegedly supplying weapons to Africa's bloody conflicts over power and diamonds was arrested Thursday in Thailand...

Journalists jailed by US without charge

What the hell is going on here?"It's now a year and a half since Bilal Hussein of the AP was detained by the US military as a terror suspect. He has been charged with nothing. But he is still detained. Sami...

Clashes break out at Venezuela Protest

Is the honeymoon over? Venezuelan citizens reaction to the rapid political changes has brought to light many possible civil abuses, that have been part of the Cuba experience over the years. The road to socialism...

Violence against journalists in Mexico continues

Following the murder of three newspaper workers last week in Oaxaca, violence against journalists in the region is continuing. This time, the hostilities are coming from a powerful workers union in the region - Union General Obrera Campesina y Popular (UGOCP), rather than...

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