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...Israel and the Palestinians, the Lebanese Shi'ite militia, Hizballah, has limited its involvement to training Palestinians from other terrorist groups, like Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and helping build their military capability. But Israeli intelligence sources tell TIME that during Israel's invasion of Hebron two weeks ago, officials arrested a Hizballah operative who was planning a potentially devastating strike within Israel. The officials say the operative, a Lebanese-born Canadian man known as Abu Ahmed, had been scouting locations for large-scale attacks similar to a failed bomb attempt at a gas depot in May that would have demolished...
...arrest may lend ammunition to Japanese who want to make the nation's politicians and companies more accountable. Some argue that Mitsui's plight is a powerful example of why the country needs a "whistle-blowers law," a legal shield to protect insiders who disclose damning information about their employers. "There are so many scandals concerning bureaucrats that have come to light in the past several years," says Mitsuru Sakurai, a member of the Diet, Japan's legislature. "I reckon 90% were exposed by people within the ministries. We have to encourage more people to follow their lead...
Supporters say Yang’s arrest violates international law, which maintains that keeping a prisoner in isolation for more than a month is cruel, inhumane and degrading...
...Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the U.S. embassy that notice of Yang’s arrest will be issued to his family soon, although they did not say when that will be. The ministry also disclosed that Yang is being held in the Beijing City Public Security Bureau Detention House...
...nearly three months since Yang’s arrest, his brother in Beijing and wife and two children in Cambridge have not received word from the Chinese government as to his whereabouts or the charges against...