Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda arrested on graft charge
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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.
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A Bangladeshi court formally charges the former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, with extortion.
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A former Liberian army chief is arrested for "subversive activities" - the first such arrests since 2005 elections.
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A top aide of Bangladesh's ex-PM Khaleda Zia is arrested for trying to lead a street protest, police say.
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A Bangladesh court remanded two politicians and a top businessman in police custody for interrogation, officials said on Wednesday, the latest in a long list of prominent officials to be held in a corruption crackdown.
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Three ex-ministers of  Nepal's king are arrested on suspicion of conspiring to encourage violence in southern Nepal.
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ASIA/BANGLADESH - Si acuisce la crisi politica: lÂex Premier Khaleda Zia arrestata per corruzione Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - Si aggrava la crisi politica che da tempo attraversa il Bangladesh: Khaleda Zia, ex primo capo di governo del paese, Ã¨ stata arrestata dalla polizia nel corso di una vasta campagna anti-corruzione lanciata dall'attuale governo...
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct. 22 -- Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Monday charged that government officials are seeking to obstruct a thorough investigation into last week's devastating suicide attack on her convoy because "some people are being protected."
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A former MP and democracy campaigner Riad Seif is arrested in Syria, local human rights groups say.
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Former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed fell sick in court during a hearing on extortion charges, a state prosecutor said.
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Three leading politicians in Bangladesh's two main parties are arrested in a continuing anti-corruption drive.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (19/10/04) - The military junta ruling Myanmar has arrested the countryâs prime minister, General Khin Nyunt, on charges of corruption, the government spokesman of Thailand said.
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Khaleda Zia today became the second former prime minister to be detained in an anti-corruption drive by Bangladesh's interim government.
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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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Police in emergency-ruled Bangladesh on Monday arrested former prime minister Khaleda Zia, the latest high-profile figure to be hauled in as part of a massive anti-corruption campaign.
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Indonesian police have arrested the alleged leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, the south-east Asian terror group blamed for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings and a series of other attacks in recent years, a spokesman said today.
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MANAMA: A Bahraini man has been arrested in Saudi Arabia, the family&#39;s lawyer told AFP yesterday. &quot;Mohamad Khan was arrested by Saudi authorities at about 10pm on Saturday after crossing the King Fahad Causeway,&quot; said Abdullah Hashim.