Whereas in April the Americans said they wanted to arrest Mr Sadr for the murder last year of a fellow cleric, Mr Allawi has indicated that he would be happy if the Mahdi Army simply left Najaf.

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Law enforcement in the case she responded to had the cell phone number for a criminal suspect they wanted to arrest.

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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.

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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.

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The Mexican authorities had listed him among their most wanted criminals and offered a 15 million peso reward for information leading to his arrest.

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But it led to the arrest of a major military figure who was wanted by world legal organizations for many years.

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Police said Mr. Smith had an extensive arrest history, for crimes including robbery, assault and promoting prison contraband, and had been wanted since April 25 for absconding from parole.

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