1.   The Merseyside father-of-three has been unable to leave Oman after his passport was confiscated in a picture row two months ago.

2.   Based on that evidence, Pitelis was arrested late Tuesday in Florida and his passport was confiscated.

3.   Berlin and the conservative, southern state of Bavaria have emerged as the two hard-liners, trimming welfare benefits, confiscating passports and beginning deportations.

4.   After three days of questioning in which his passport was confiscated and he was threatened with prison, Lu disclosed the purpose of his visit.

5.   But, even though he was ordered to remain in the Shanghai area and had his passport confiscated, Xu somehow fled to Taiwan to escape prosecution.

6.   His passport has been confiscated.

7.   In addition, Disip agents are said to have confiscated the passports of and threatened harm to foreign technicians who are working with the council.

8.   My passport was confiscated, and one of the men escorted me, by bicycle, into town, where we entered a compound of barracks surrounding a courtyard.

9.   Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka escaped the country after his passport was confiscated.

10.   Once they cross the border their passports will be confiscated, their freedoms curtailed and what little money they have taken from them at once.