Ex-Bangladesh PM refused bail
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Bangladesh&#39;s Supreme Court on Monday denied bail to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, who was arrested as part of the emergency government&#39;s crackdown on corruption, one of her lawyers said.
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An Ahmedabad court has rejected the bail petition of an accused, seeking bail on the plea that he should be allowed go home to have sex with his wife.
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Malaysia&#39;s highest court has turned down former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim&#39;s appeal of his corruption conviction.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has denied he had made a deal to hand over power to his ambitious Treasurer Peter Costello ahead of elections next year.
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Security forces arrested former Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia for corruption on Monday, a signal of the interim government's determination to root out graft under the emergency rule imposed eight months ago.
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Convicted Bali bomber Ali Imron rejected a court summons to testify in the terror trial against Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba&#39;asyir here Tuesday.
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Six British politicians call for the authorities in Bangladesh to release the former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina.
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A senior Bangladeshi politician is detained in prison for a further 30 days following his arrest last month.
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Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who faces 16 charges including the incitement of racial hatred, was denied bail by a judge at the Old Bailey, London&#39;s central criminal court.
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Former Philippine leader Joseph Estrada said Wednesday he would not consider a deal from President Gloria Arroyo, demanding an unconditional pardon from his arch-rival after his corruption conviction.
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An Indian politician has denied allegations by a weekly newspaper that he bribed a key witness in a high profile riot case.
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Bangladesh's main opposition has called off a four-day transport blockade after the interim government bowed to pressure to replace an election chief accused of seeking to rig January elections.
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Bangladesh's main opposition said an indefinite transport blockade due to begin Sunday would go ahead after talks with the president failed to resolve the party's demands for electoral reform.
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Police in Bangladesh arrest former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after a raid on her house in Dhaka.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh, Sept. 3 -- Former prime minister Khaleda Zia was arrested Monday on fraud charges, as part of what the military-backed caretaker government here calls a war on corruption, police officials said.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard spoke out Wednesday against holding a state funeral for a former government minister who died while facing child sex abuse charges.
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Security forces arrested former  Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia for corruption on  Monday, a signal of the interim government&#39;s determination to  root out graft under the emergency rule imposed eight months  ago.