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Palestinian prisoners questioned on EU funds By Inigo Gilmore in Jerusalem (Filed: 05/08/2004) The European Union is planning to send investigators to Israel to interview Palestinians held in Israeli prisons over suspicions that the Palestinian Authority may have diverted EU donations to fund terrorist operations. The plan follows an investigation, begun at the end of last year, by the EU fraud investigation agency, Olaf. Arafat: payments There had been claims that Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Authority, and senior officials transferred EU funds to the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the military wing of Mr Arafat's Fatah faction. EU...

CHICAGO - Top members of Senate candidate Jack Ryan's own party are questioning his honesty after the unsealing of his embarrassing divorce papers, a controversy that some analysts say could sink his campaign. Republican National Committee (news - web sites) member Mary Jo Arndt said Ryan misled her about the contents of the divorce records, which include allegations that he insisted that his then-wife, actress Jeri Lynn Ryan, go to sex clubs with him. Ryan denied the allegations. The records were released Monday after a judge ordered the documents unsealed. Ryan and his ex-wife both fought the release, saying it...

TV reporter questioned over 'links' to al-Qa'eda By Isambard Wilkinson, Madrid Correspondent and Adel Darwish (Filed: 08/09/2003) A correspondent for the Arabic satellite channel al-Jazeera will appear before a Spanish judge today to face questioning over his alleged links to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network. Tayssir Alouni became famous after his interview with the Saudi terrorist leader soon after the September 11 suicide attacks. He is suspected of belonging to an al-Qa'eda cell, of financing its activities and of being the "postman" for the group in Europe. Spanish intelligence have 500 hours of taped conversations implicating Mr Alouni as actively...

Two suspects questioned 'intensively' on Bali October 15 2002 at 04:57PM Bali, Indonesia - Indonesian officials intensively interrogated two men Tuesday in connection with the Bali nightclub bombing that killed nearly 200 people, while a violent Muslim extremist group blamed for killing thousands of Christians announced it had disbanded. Though Laskar Jihad is not believed to be tied to the nightclub attack, its dissolution - which could not immediately be confirmed - may be the first sign Indonesia is heeding intense international pressure and getting serious about cracking down on Muslim extremism in the wake of Saturday's bombing. Achmad Michdan,...