Fiji PM says he is under house arrest
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Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said he was under house arrest on Tuesday after heavily armed troops surrounded his residence in the capital Suva, and accused the military of staging a coup.
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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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Pakistan authorities put a prominent lawyer back under house arrest Saturday after he tried to visit the grave of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, his spokesman said.
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Fiji's military chief said on Tuesday the army had taken over the country, plunging the South Pacific island nation into its fourth coup in 20 years.
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By Katie Burford SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former dictator AugustoPinochet was placed under house arrest on Wednesday afterChile's top court ruled that murder and kidnapping chargesagainst him can go forward.
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Fiji's president dissolved parliament on Tuesday and sanctioned the military to remove embattled Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, said New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, who immediately imposed sanctions against Fiji's military.
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KARACHI: The husband of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was under house arrest Wednesday, with analysts suspecting the government&#39;s hand in his detention just weeks after being freed from jail.
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Chile's Supreme Court places ex-Peru leader Alberto Fujimori under house arrest ahead of an extradition ruling.
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Fiji's military commander Voreqe Bainimarama has declared he is in charge of the country as Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase returned to the capital Suva to avert a looming coup.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator AugustoPinochet was placed under house arrest Wednesday after thecountry's top court ruled Tuesday that murder and kidnappingcharges against him can move forward.
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Deposed Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase was flown out of the capital Suva to his home island on Wednesday, a day after the military exercised a bloodless overthrow in Fiji's fourth coup in 20 years.
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Fiji's newly-installed prime minister says the Pacific island's recent coup was "illegal" but necessary.
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Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition leader, has been told by police that she may be kept under house arrest for up to a year.
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Reports from Burma say Prime Minister Khin Nyunt has been removed from his position and placed under house arrest. Officials in Thailand first announced the development Tuesday in Bangkok.
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A man was arrested in the secure area outside the Prime Minister's residence in Downing Street, police say.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator AugustoPinochet was placed under house arrest Wednesday after thecountry's top court ruled that murder and kidnapping chargesagainst him can move forward.
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YANGON, Myanmar  - Myanmar police have told  democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi she is being held under house  arrest under a law which allows for such detention for up to a  year, an opposition spokesman said Monday.