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...Having barely eaten for the last month on hunger strike, Chen claims his arrest is politically motivated by the current administration of President Ma Ying-jeou in a bid to appease China. Ma has been forging economic ties with China since he came to office in May, while Chen has historically had tense relations with Taiwan's giant neighbor because of his independence leanings. Ma has given no comment on the indictment and said that he respects Taiwan's judicial process...
...tiny village of Agua Zarca, less than an hour's drive from the busy Mexico-Guatemala border crossing at La Mesilla. Authorities found nearby what appeared to be an improvised hospital for the wounded, including an impromptu helicopter pad with evidence of use. Six people have been arrested in connection with the incident, four of them Mexican and at least one a Guatemalan, with an outstanding arrest warrant for drug-related crimes...
...Senate." Then, he said, "I'm confident the governor will make a decision in the best interest of the state and country." But shortly after Obama's election, Jackson mounted a vigorous public campaign for the seat. On the morning of the day before his arrest, Blagojevich held a quickly arranged press conference outside a shuttered Chicago plant and described Jackson as a "very strong candidate" to replace Obama. Later that day, Blagojevich and Jackson met for nearly 90 minutes at the state's office building in downtown Chicago...
...arrest of the network - which had been monitored by 80 police and antiterrorism officers working full-time since the start of the year, according to Pellens - came just hours before leaders of the European Union were set to open a two-day summit in the Belgian capital. That meeting doesn't appear to have been a target of a plot whose details authorities say remain hazy. Still, Belgian officials said the decision to seize the group had become urgent to prevent the designated suicide bomber from possibly launching an attack before police could discover the target and stop...
...Still, some experts wonder whether the arrests were premature, given the lack of information on the plot. "Could more evidence have been obtained? Might a full plot with targets and the weapons of attack have materialized if more time had been taken to just sit, watch and listen?" asked the European counterterrorism official. "Was everyone [in this network] under watch back from Afghanistan and [are they all] now under arrest? If not, that's a problem...