Israeli police arrest convicted American pedophile, plan to deport him to US

October 6th, 2009 Israeli police nab 2 for vandalizing ancient siteJERUSALEM — Israeli police say they have arrested two men for vandalizing an ancient desert ruin recognized by the United Nations as a World Heritage site. The over 2,000-year-old ruins of the Nabatean city of Avdat in southern Israel were defaced earlier this week.

September 30th, 2009 Arrest of Israeli defense chief sought in UKLONDON — Lawyers have asked a British court to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli defense chief Ehud Barak, who is in the country to meet with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other officials. Tayab Ali, one of several lawyers representing a coalition of Palestinian groups, said papers his group filed in the City of Westminster Magistrates Court accuse the Israeli defense minister of violating the Geneva conventions and committing war crimes while directing the Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip that began late last year.

September 30th, 2009 Bid to arrest Ehud Barak in Britain rejectedLONDON — A Palestinian bid to have Israeli defense chief Ehud Barak arrested for alleged war crimes during a visit to Britain has failed, a lawyer for the groups involved said Tuesday. Attorney Tayab Ali said a London court rejected his application late Wednesday.

September 15th, 2009 Israelis, Palestinians present blueprint for peaceTEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli and Palestinian activists on Tuesdsay presented the most detailed vision yet of what a peace deal between the two sides could look like, aimed at showing that peace is possible despite the long deadlock in negotiations. The plan has no official standing, but has generated interest among Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

September 7th, 2009 UK report: Gov't releases terror suspectLONDON — Britain's Home Office has released a man from a house-arrest style program only weeks before a hearing in which the government might have been forced to disclose the intelligence that led to his arrest, a newspaper reported Monday. The Times of London said the man — a Libyan-British dual national identified only as AF — was released last week.

September 2nd, 2009 Neb. police arrest boy for DUI, hit-and-run crashLINCOLN, Neb. — Lincoln police said a 12-year-old boy was drunk when he stole a car, hit three objects and tried to flee.

August 3rd, 2009 Israel police bust fraud ring with alleged US tiesJERUSALEM — Israeli police said Monday that they had broken up an Israeli-American crime ring specializing in tax fraud and money laundering in an operation codenamed "American Pie." Police said a joint investigation with U.S. authorities led to the arrest in Israel of seven suspects, some of them American citizens, with further arrests likely.

July 20th, 2009 American fugitive deported from Israel to USJERUSALEM — An Israeli immigration official says an American fugitive has left Israel and returned to the United States. It is believed that white supremacist Micky Louis Mayon of Steelton, Pennsylvania, was deported, but the immigration official would only confirm that he left Israel.

July 10th, 2009 Man suspected of stealing duck calls arrestedMONROE, La. — Police arrested a man suspected of stealing duck calls from a vehicle.

July 6th, 2009 Israel to deport Gaza boat activistsJERUSALEM — Israel is deporting a former U.S. congresswoman, a Nobel peace prize laureate and other activists who were arrested trying to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, a government spokeswoman said Monday.

June 30th, 2009 Venezuela deports top Mafia suspect to ItalyCARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela deported a convicted European drug trafficker dubbed the "Mafia's foreign minister" to Italy on Tuesday, where he has been wanted on drug smuggling charges since 2001. Salvatore Miceli, 63, was led in handcuffs to a sport-utility vehicle to be taken to a plane, which departed for Italy.

June 24th, 2009 Venezuela to deport top Italian Mafia suspectCARACAS, Venezuela — A convicted European drug trafficker dubbed the "Mafia's foreign minister" will be deported to Italy after his capture in Caracas in a joint operation by Venezuelan and Italian police, authorities said Tuesday. Salvatore Miceli was caught at a Caracas hotel on Saturday, Venezuelan police said.

June 16th, 2009 US-born al-Qaida man describes Jewish ancestryCAIRO — Al-Qaida's American spokesman said in a message released over the weekend that his grandfather was Jewish and encouraged him to visit Israel and meet relatives there. Adam Gadahn, who was raised in California, spent much of the 34-minute speech discussing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip late last year and calling on Palestinians to continue fighting.

June 15th, 2009 US-born Qaida spokesman describes Jewish ancestryCAIRO — Al-Qaida's American spokesman said in a message released over the weekend that his grandfather was Jewish and encouraged him to visit Israel and meet relatives there. Adam Gadahn, who was raised in California, spent much of the 34-minute speech discussing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip late last year and calling on Palestinians to continue fighting.

May 6th, 2009 Israeli police bust Palestinian artifact thievesJERUSALEM — Israeli authorities have arrested two Palestinians who tried to sell a looted 1,900-year-old papyrus document in Hebrew worth millions of dollars, police said Wednesday. After receiving information on the men and tracking them for several weeks, police arrested the two Tuesday at a Jerusalem hotel where they had arranged to sell the document, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.