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A former Macedonian minister is arrested in Croatia accused of ordering the murder of seven Asians.
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Malawi's former President Bakili Muluzi was arrested on corruption charges related to millions of dollars in donor funds that allegedly ended up in his personal account.
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Bangladesh arrested former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed on extortion charges Monday, setting off an angry showdown with her supporters that saw police open fire with rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Police arrested the leader of South Africa's main opposition party Sunday while she took part in an anti-drug demonstration.
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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 Serb police general, indicted for  crimes against humanity over the killings of Kosovo Albanian  civilians in 1998-99, has been arrested, Serb media said on  Sunday.
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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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The former head of one of Austria's biggest banks, Bawag, is arrested in France on fraud charges authorities say.
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A former treasurer of the Japanese ruling party&#39;s largest faction was arrested yesterday, media reports said, in a widening political donations scandal that forced ex-Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to quit as the faction&#39;s head last month.
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A health department official in Paraguay who worked as a doctor for 15 years and even directed a state clinic was arrested on Monday on charges of fraud and faking his medical degree, a prosecutor said.
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A top official in Egypt's authority of antiquities is arrested as part of probe into restoration project bribes.
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Kosovo police arrest two figures close to former PM Haradinaj, who is on trial for war crimes.
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Politics: 4 February 2005, Friday. The Chairman of the Stara Zagora Municipal Council Anton Andronov has been arrested over threatening the Novoto Vreme opposition party leader Emil Koshlukov.
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A former director of the secret police under President Alvaro Uribe was arrested Thursday on charges of murder and collaborating with the country's illegal far-right militias, his lawyer said.
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A former director of the secret police under President Alvaro Uribe was arrested Thursday on charges of collaborating with Colombia's illegal far-right militias, his lawyer said.
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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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Georgia's hawkish former defense minister was detained on corruption charges Thursday, days after he alleged that President Mikhail Saakashvili had ordered him to kill a prominent businessman.