31.   Thomas Sr., a Purple Heart recipient, contracted cancer around the time of the first arrest and died two years later.

32.   WASHINGTON--Federal officials made their first arrest Friday in the sweeping investigation of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

33.   Police in London made their first arrests shortly before the evening rush-hour Friday.

34.   Police recorded their first arrest, taking into custody an animal activist dressed in a pink pig costume who dumped a truckload of manure onto a downtown street.

35.   Police made their first arrests Monday of people alleged to have tried to subvert the elections.

36.   Police at the anti-drug police station struggled with procedural uncertainties in what is believed to be the first ever drug arrest of a monk in modern Cambodia.

37.   A special detail of Japanese World Cup police has made its first arrests, nabbing three alleged pickpockets trying to swipe a wallet at a Tokyo restaurant.

38.   A special detail of Japanese World Cup police made its first arrests Tuesday, nabbing three alleged pickpockets trying to swipe a wallet at a Tokyo restaurant.

39.   A special police force set up to handle a potential increase in petty crime during the World Cup finals made its first arrests Monday, police officials said Tuesday.

40.   An angry crowd stoned police as they cleared a path to escort ousted President Joseph Estrada from his home in the first arrest of a Philippine leader over corruption.