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'Amish Mafia' star sentenced for suspended license  Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 07:52 AM PST LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A star of the TV series "Amish Mafia" has been sentenced to prison after repeatedly driving with a suspended license. Full Story	Top
Syrian dissident writer 'arrested', says brother  Sunday, Feb 23, 2014 03:45 AM PST Syrian dissident writer and journalist Akram Bunni has been arrested by the security forces, his brother, a prominent rights lawyer, told AFP Sunday. The 58-year-old Christian former political prisoner who had been forbidden from leaving the country, "was arrested at noon Saturday in the heart of Damascus by the state security services," Anwar Bunni said. On his Facebook page, Anwar Bunni demanded his release: "Freedom for Akram al-Bunni. Freedom for Syria," he wrote Full Story	Top
Nigeria court rules cenbank governor can't be arrested pending plea  Saturday, Feb 22, 2014 11:19 PM PST A Nigerian court has issued an order on the security agencies, barring them from arresting suspended Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi, after he was briefly detained and his passport seized at the airport, a document viewed by Reuters showed. Justice Buba Ibrahim issued the order on Friday, after Sanusi complained that his detention had breached his right to freedom of movement, since he had not yet been charged with committing the financial malpractices for which he was suspended. President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Sanusi on Thursday, removing an outspoken critic of his government's record on corruption, citing "acts of financial recklessness". Since the suspension, presidential spokesman Reuben Abati has accused the central bank of procurement irregularities during Sanusi's tenure, most of them dating back to 2011. Full Story	Top

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