Bangladesh top politicians held
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At least eight top politicians are detained in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, officials and media reports say.
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Police in Bangladesh clash with thousands of opposition supporters outside the prime minister's office.
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Bangladesh authorities are ready to start seizing the assets of 15 high-profile corruption suspects who failed to meet a deadline to account for their wealth, a report said Wednesday.
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Dissidents in Bangladesh's largest political party have ousted former prime minister Khaleda Zia as leader while she is under arrest on corruption charges, officials said Tuesday.
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A UN human rights expert charged with corruption in Bangladesh is remanded in custody.
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Bangladesh's elections next month will be postponed for two days because of protests by a major political alliance, an official said Thursday.
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The Bangladeshi opposition says it is concerned over the health of a senior MP injured in clashes in Dhaka.
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DHAKA: Bangladeshâs prime minister and her main rival are under pressure to set aside years of bitter feuding after a grenade attack on an opposition rally killed 20 people and triggered a week of violent protests nationwide.
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A top Muslim Brotherhood leader in Egypt is arrested along with scores of the group's supporters.
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Pakistan's ex-PM Nawaz Sharif is held in custody after returning home to challenge the president, officials say.
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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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Security forces arrested four former government ministers, two mayors and a top businessman Tuesday as the military-backed emergency government stepped up an anti-corruption drive, news reports said.
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Police swept the Pakistani capital on Saturday to arrest the leaders of opposition parties vowing to obstruct President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's re-election bid, officials said.
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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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For speaking out against President Pervez Musharraf, one lawyer spent three weeks in jail and another is under house arrest in Lahore. None of these leaders can talk to one another.
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A senior Bangladeshi opposition politician is injured in clashes between protesters and police in Dhaka.
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Six British politicians call for the authorities in Bangladesh to release the former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina.