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Later, two of her sons and her secretary were detained as well.

Designation of the so-called "quiet area" at the publicly owned stadium, which is available to people of all religions, as well as secular souls seeking a moment of quiet reflection, seems to have satisfied the Muslim men who were detained, as well as advocates of the separation of church and state.

They were detained as they moved toward southern Iraq.

They were detained as security risks during the war.

In 2006, two dozen local officials were detained as part of a bribery scandal.

On Friday morning the prosecutor's office said all 15 were detained as terrorism suspects.

But human rights groups say some activists have been detained, as was the case during the Olympics.

Chotri, also recently released from an immigration holding center, was detained as well.

The secretary general of the Supreme Court, Rakkiat Wattapong, said Mr. Thaksin would be detained as soon as he arrived.

Several artists and writers have been detained as well, including Beijing dissident poet Wang Zang, who was arrested Oct. 1.

She's been detained as well, possibly because she's so flagrantly infringed the copyright of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.