http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,319525,00.html
Manhunt for Father Suspected of Killing Teen Girls
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
AP/Irving Police Department
Yaser Abdel Said
IRVING, Texas — Police continued searching for a man suspected of shooting his two teenage daughters, including one who called 911 about an hour before officers found them dead in his taxi, police said.
Yaser Abdel Said, 50, of the Dallas suburb of Lewisville, is accused of shooting Sarah Yaser Said, 17, and Amina Yaser Said, 18, in his taxi Tuesday night and abandoning it in a parking lot, leaving them to die.
Police have not released a motive for the shootings, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported in its online edition Wednesday.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,319646,00.html
Saudi Authorities Detain Popular Blogger
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi authorities have detained a popular blogger for violating the kingdom’s laws, a senior Interior Ministry official said Tuesday. It was the first known arrest of a Saudi online critic.
The blogger, Fouad al-Farhan, was being questioned by security authorities, Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Monsour al-Turki said. He added the blogger might be released on Wednesday but did not elaborate.
The Saudi English daily, Arab News, said al-Farhan had “violated non-security regulations.” The paper said the 32-year-old Jeddah resident was arrested at his office Dec. 10 and taken to his home where police conducted a search. There were no other details.
Al-Farhan’s family has contacted the governmental Human Rights Commission, asking for help in the case, the paper said.
Al-Farhan is one of the few bloggers who uses his real name. His blog headline reads: “Searching for freedom, dignity, justice, equality, shoura and all the rest of lost Islamic values.” Shoura is Arabic for public consultation.
Following the arrest, al-Farhan’s friends who are now running his Web site, posted a letter allegedly from the blogger claiming he was told by an official there was an Interior Ministry order “to investigate me and they will pick me up anytime in the next two weeks.”
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Thanks for the ping/links research. OUTSTANDING thread BUMP!
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Disgusting.