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, underlining the interim government's drive to root out graft under an emergency rule imposed eight months ago.
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Wife of Thailand's ousted prime minister arrested as she returns to the country to face corruption charges
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A Bangladesh court on Thursday acquitted  former military ruler Hossain Mohammad Ershad of graft charges  in an oil and defense deal, easing the way for his return to  the political mainstream ahead of elections next year.
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Another Bangladesh ex-minister was arrested while 20 other high-profile political figures were remanded in custody as part of a major anti-corruption crackdown, officials said.
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Bangladesh police investigate whether former PM Khaleda Zia should face murder charges over a 2004 attack.
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KARACHI - Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan charged yesterday 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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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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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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Police in Bangladesh arrest former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after a raid on her house in Dhaka.
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The mayor of Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, is arrested on charges of theft by a public servant.
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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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Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif was arrested at Islamabad airport on Monday and taken into custody about three hours after arriving home from seven years in exile.
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The husband of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was put under house arrest today after a court ordered his detention in a murder case.
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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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The son of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is held as part of Dhaka's anti-corruption drive.
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A former Bangladeshi minister is arrested a day after three politicians were held in an anti-corruption drive.
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New charges are announced against former Bangladesh PMs Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia.