1.   People arrested as far away as Nebraska and Chicago have claimed to have gotten the drug from Independence.

2.   The authorities must also notify the consuls if the people arrested so request.

3.   The people arrested subscribed to an internet site operated by Landslide Productions Inc., a Fort Worth, Texas, company owned by Thomas and Janice Reedy.

4.   Typically, people arrested in that area would fall under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Eastern District court in Brooklyn.

5.   Palestinian security officials said the three people arrested included a local leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas.

6.   A dozen people arrested.

7.   A Russian Web site that sold videotapes of children engaged in sexual acts has been shut down and nine people arrested, U.S. law enforcement officials said Monday.

8.   Fourteen police were injured and sixteen people arrested when security forces clashed with people attending an anti-fascist protest, police said Saturday.

9.   New laws were passed and several people arrested, including the father-in-law of ousted Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

10.   New laws were passed there and several people arrested, including the father-in-law of ousted Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.