Archive for December, 2010

Moscow police detain 68 anti-Kremlin protesters

Friday, December 31st, 2010
Moscow police detained 68 people during anti-Kremlin protests that drew hundreds of people on New Year's Eve. Police said about 50 were detained at a similar protest in St. Petersburg.

Police: 1 of 2 bank hostage-takers in custody

Friday, December 31st, 2010
Police have apprehended one of the two masked people who took hostages while trying to rob a suburban Houston bank Friday, but the other remains inside with two hostages, police said.

Police refuse to say how many arrested in Bay of Plenty

Friday, December 31st, 2010
Police say New Year's Eve celebrations across the Bay of Plenty last night were a success but aren't saying how many revellers ended up behind bars.

Russian police detain 130 in anti-government protests

Friday, December 31st, 2010
Police detained at least 130 protesters at New Year's Eve rallies in Moscow and St Petersburg on Friday against restrictions on freedom of assembly and a court decision to keep former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky in jail.

Moscow police detain 68 anti-Kremlin protesters

Friday, December 31st, 2010
Moscow police detained 68 people during anti-Kremlin protests that drew hundreds of people on New Year's Eve. Police said about 50 were detained at a similar protest in St. Petersburg.

Greek police say attacks possible ahead of anarchist trial

Friday, December 31st, 2010
Greek police warned Friday that extremist groups could stage more attacks ahead of a trial of radical anarchists next month, a day after a bomb exploded outside an Athens court.

Police Report: Lower Merion & Narberth

Friday, December 31st, 2010
Lower Merion----Public drunkenness: Dec. 10 at 1:53 p.m. police cited Robert Cucuel, 51, of the 200 block of Grays Lane in Haverford for public drunkenness.

Nigeria: Police arrest suspected sect financier

Friday, December 31st, 2010
Police say they have arrested a man suspected to be a leader of a radical Muslim sect responsible for dozens of recent killings in northern Nigeria along with 91 others.

Police chief seeks crime reduction despite cuts

Friday, December 31st, 2010
THE chief police officer in charge of the new merged Hart and Rushmoor police district wants to cut crime and make people safer despite facing budget cuts.

Nigerian police arrest 92 over Islamist sect attacks

Friday, December 31st, 2010
Nigerian police have arrested 92 suspected members of a radical Islamist sect after a string of attacks this week in the northeast of Africa's most populous nation, a police spokesman said on Friday.