Authorities said Mr. Pride had five prior arrests in New York City and had been wanted on a warrant for aggravated assault with the intent to kill in North Carolina.

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Mr Assange was arrested on an extradition warrant and is wanted for questioning in Sweden over rape and sexual assault allegations, which he denies.

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Grand Prairie police issued a warrant for his arrest and placed him on their Most Wanted list, but by then he had vanished.

FORBES: Wanted

The European Union brought in a long-contested warrant that allows police in one country to arrest people wanted in another for any of 32 crimes, many of them unrelated to terrorism.

ECONOMIST: Civil liberties

Schily has attracted wide-ranging criticism in Germany from civil rights groups after reports that he wanted federal police to have the right to carry out searches without a court warrant.

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