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The youths were initially detained on Monday by border authorities.

All were initially detained to determine if they had links with terrorists, he said.

The brothers were initially detained in July but released on bail.

The three were initially detained six days after the Sept. 11 attacks, during a raid of a Dearborn apartment.

Ms. Pillay said they were initially detained on Dec. 16 by the police, immigration officers and military personnel.

The police have made a steady stream of arrests over the last two months following the opposition's last rally, when more than 400 people were initially detained.

According to the police account, Sterling was initially detained because he was pointing a gun at someone.

When he was initially detained at Fort Jackson in 2009, Specialist Lyaacoubi said an interrogator told him: "We are at war with Islam.

She took her drive on Saturday with her brother Mohamed al-Sharif, who was initially detained with her by the religious police and then released.

According to Caixin magazine, one of the nation's most respected publications, Mr. Li was initially detained by investigators in June of last year.

Meanwhile, Jose Padilla, who is the first of these "Qaeda Americans" to be apprehended in the United States, was initially detained by the Justice Department, then transferred to a military jail.