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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Egyptian hardline Islamist presidential candidate arrested Lebanese protesters rally in support of fugitive sheikh Pakistan brings back death penalty, to anger of rights groups Police: Heavily armed man arrested in Seattle Brotherhood leader arrested, Egypt's Islamists call protests

Egyptian hardline Islamist presidential candidate arrested  Friday, Jul 05, 2013 12:08 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian hardline Islamist presidential candidate was arrested on Friday and accused of inciting violence as thousands of Islamists marched across Cairo to protest against the ouster of deposed President Mohamed Mursi, security sources said. Salafi presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail was arrested at his home, the sources said, but no other details were immediately available. Abu Ismail was disqualified from the presidential race that brought Mursi to power in June 2012 after reports that his late mother had held a U.S. passport. ... Full Story	Top
Lebanese protesters rally in support of fugitive sheikh  Friday, Jul 05, 2013 04:42 AM PDT SIDON, Lebanon (Reuters) - More than 300 Lebanese rallied in the coastal city of Sidon in support of a fugitive Sunni Islamist cleric on Friday, a day after an audio recording believed to be his voice urged followers to demonstrate. The protest march prompted fears of more sectarian fighting in Sidon two weeks after the cleric's supporters and soldiers clashed there, in the worst outbreak of violence in Lebanon so far fuelled by the two-year conflict in neighboring Syria. Angry demonstrators waved banners and cheered their support for Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir, a firebrand Sunni Muslim cleric. ... Full Story	Top
Pakistan brings back death penalty, to anger of rights groups  Friday, Jul 05, 2013 03:22 AM PDT By Syed Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's new government, trying to appear determined to rein in escalating crime and militancy, has ended a ban on the death penalty, in a move condemned by international organizations as inhuman and retrograde. Up to 8,000 people languish on death row in dozens of Pakistan's notoriously overcrowded and violent jails. Once a moratorium is in place, reinstatement of capital punishment is rare, with more than 150 countries having already either abolished the death penalty or stopped administering it. ... Full Story	Top
Police: Heavily armed man arrested in Seattle  Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 11:19 PM PDT SEATTLE (AP) — Police in Seattle are investigating a Nevada man arrested near the University of Washington in a stolen pickup truck filled with weapons, body armor and suspected explosive devices. Full Story	Top
Brotherhood leader arrested, Egypt's Islamists call protests  Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 02:02 PM PDT By Asma Alsharif and Shadia Nasralla CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces arrested the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday, security sources said, in a crackdown against the Islamist movement after the army ousted the country's first democratically elected president. The dramatic exit of President Mohamed Mursi was greeted with delight by millions of jubilant people on the streets of Cairo and other cities overnight, but there was simmering resentment among Egyptians who opposed military intervention. ... Full Story	Top

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