CAIRO, August 2, 2008 (AFP) - Ten members of Egypt's main opposition Muslim Brotherhood were arrested on Saturday in the Nile Delta and accused of seeking to spread the banned group's ideology, a security official said.

All 10 were arrested at the home of one of them and 'are accused of holding a political meeting,' a charge they denied, the official said.

ALGIERS, July 29, 2008 (AFP) - Algeria's coastguard said Tuesday it had arrested 40 Algerian nationals intercepted aboard two boats off the coast, one after a high-speed chase.

MADRID, July 25, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish police arrested 28 people in a series of raids targetting a suspected Nigerian fraudsters, the fourth such sweep since April, officers announced Friday.

The raids targetted what were thought to be five separate criminal operations, but all in Roquetas de Mar in Almeria, part of the southern Andalusia region.

HEBRON, July 24, 2008 (AFP) - Israeli troops arrested five Palestinians and wounded three others in an operation in the southern West Bank on Thursday morning, Palestinian police and medics said.

There was no immediate confirmation from the army about the incident, in the village of Beit Ummar, between Hebron and Bethlehem.

HEBRON, July 24, 2008 (AFP) - Israeli troops arrested five Palestinians and wounded three others in an operation in the southern West Bank on Thursday morning, Palestinian police and medics said.

There was no immediate confirmation from the army about the incident, in the village of Beit Ummar, between Hebron and Bethlehem.

NAPLOUSE, July 21, 2008 (AFP) - Israel arrested around 20 Hamas activists, including a Palestinian MP, in the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday, a Palestinian security source said.

MP Muna Mansur and the others were seized when troops in dozens of jeeps carried out a dawn raid on the town in the north of the occupied West Bank.

HAVANA, July 6, 2008 (AFP) - Cuba this week rounded up and detained more than 30 dissidents after accusing the United States of 'instigating' opposition to the Communist regime, a top rights activist told AFP.

HAVANA, July 6, 2008 (AFP) - Cuba this week rounded up and detained more than 30 dissidents after accusing the United States of 'instigating' opposition to the Communist regime, a top rights activist told AFP.

HAVANA, July 5, 2008 (AFP) - Cuba this week rounded up and detained more than 30 dissidents after accusing the United States of 'instigating' opposition to the Communist regime, a top rights activist told AFP Saturday.

HAVANA, July 5, 2008 (AFP) - Cuba this week rounded up and detained more than 30 dissidents after accusing the United States of 'instigating' opposition to the Communist regime, a top rights activist told AFP Saturday.