Word: arresting
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Shortly after the arrest, the world learned that Salameh would be brought into court that night for a "presentment," a proceeding similar to arraignment. The White House had been closely watching the case, and George Stephanopoulos, President Clinton's communications director, had taken the unusual step of confirming that an arrest had been made. He also promised that FBI director William Sessions and acting Attorney General Stuart Gerson would have something to say about the case at a Thursday afternoon news conference. In fact, they annoyed reporters by insisting that they could not make any comment pending the court appearance...
Goodman said none of the bar's current employees were involved in the incident. "Absolutely no one who works here now was involved in that situation. The woman involved was immediately fired upon her arrest," he said...
...Burma, eight Nobel peace laureates gathered in Thailand in hopes of bringing attention to the Rangoon regime's miserable human-rights record and to call for the release of a colleague. Aung San Suu Kyi, winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, is in her fourth year of house arrest in Rangoon. "She continues to inspire the people of Burma," said Costa Rica's former President Oscar Arias Sanchez, flanked by Tibet's Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa (standing). Mikhail Gorbachev and Mother Teresa, also Peace Prize recipients, sent messages of support...
After reviewing the case, the board concluded that there was no probable cause for the officer's arrest of Rashad on the disorderly conduct charge...
...even if Yusam had probable cause to arrest Rashad for illegal possession of alcohol, the board ruled that the arrest was likely made for other "reasons, i.e., to punish Mr. Rashad for commenting that the police could not come into the house without a search warrant...