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Dutch police raided the home of Gregorius Nekschot (a pseudonym meaning "Gregory Deathblow"). Mr. Nekschot makes rude and often sexually explicit cartoons that poke fun at the multicultural society and at religious people, especially Muslims. The police confiscated his computer and a number of drawings. The cartoonist was also arrested and jailed for 36 hours but has been released until his court case is due. "Gregory Deathblow" — the first name refers to Pope Gregory IX who established Papal Inquisition — hides behind an alias.. made drawings for Mr. van Gogh's Web site until it ceased publication in 2004, after...

An Indonesian militant has been jailed for 20 years for bombing the home of the Philippines' ambassador in Jakarta three years ago. The judge at the trial said that the man, Abdul Jabar, had conspired with others to blow up a car filled with explosives, killing two people. The ambassador was seriously injured. The Indonesian authorities have blamed the banned Jemaah Islamiah for the attack, which is said to have been in revenge for the oppression of Muslim separatists in the southern Philippines.

U.S. forces arrests Saddam's brother-in-law KIRKUK, Iraq, May 26 (Reuters) - U.S. forces have detained a brother-in-law of Saddam Hussein in the Iraqi town of Tikrit, a U.S. military spokesman said. Tikrit is the hometown of Saddam, who was toppled on April 9 in a U.S.-led invasion, and was a powerbase for his iron-clad rule. Major Josslyn Aberle, spokeswoman for the U.S. 4th Infantry Division, said Mulhana Hamood Abdul Jabar was detained in the early hours of Sunday. Earlier, the commander of the division, Major General Raymond Odierno, said the man was Saddam's son-in-law but he did not name him....