Former Nepal ministers arrested
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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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Bangladesh's security forces have arrested at least 14 political leaders including nine former ministers in pre-dawn raids, according to officials and reports.
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Masked special agents arrested a former interior minister-turned-government critic on Thursday, raising cries of protest from Poland's opposition parties who accuse the conservative prime minister of using law enforcement to silence opponents.
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One was held on suspicion of leaking state secrets to foreigners. Another was accused of corruption, detained for five months and then released without charge.
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An opposition lawmaker on Thursday alleged several members from the government of Prime Minister of Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha were former informers of the Communist secret police.
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Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra will be arrested if he returns to the country, officials warn.
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A Bangladesh court remanded a senior politician, a former junior minister 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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Chile's ex-military leader is reportedly placed under house arrest over the 1974 kidnap of two political opponents.
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Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif is held by the authorities after returning to Pakistan after years of exile, officials say.
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FORMER Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet was indicted today and placed under house arrest for the kidnapping of nine dissidents and the killing of one of them during his 1973-90 military regime.
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The police of Serbia and Montenegro detained a group of former senior government officials led by former Minister of Transport and Telecommunications Marija Vukosavljevic on corruption charges, an Interior ...
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Police arrest dozens of protesters demanding help for victims of Nepal's conflict, activists say.
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Another former Bangladeshi lawmaker has been arrested as part of the interim government's massive graft crackdown, bringing the number of political leaders detained to 23, an official said.
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Pakistani security forces have arrested a former Taleban defence minister, intelligence officials say.
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More than 30 top Bangladeshi politicians and businessmen arrested on corruption charges face another month in custody.
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Nigeria&#39;s anti-corruption agency has arrested two former governors who had refused to present themselves for questioning, newspapers reported Thursday.
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Pakistan's ex-PM Nawaz Sharif is arrested and flown to prison after returning to challenge the president, officials say.