Pakistan opposition leader held
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With hundreds of supporters clashing with police in neighboring Rawalpindi, authorities Tuesday arrested Asif Ali Zardari, the husband of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
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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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Riot police arrested dozens of opposition activists protesting against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Monday as Pakistan's Supreme Court dismissed two legal challenges to his re-election bid.
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A Pakistani court ordered the arrest on Friday of an exiled brother of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, both of whom aim to return home next week to mount a campaign to end embattled President Pervez Musharraf's rule.
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ISLAMABAD/KABUL  - Pakistani security forces have captured a high-ranking Taliban leader in the southwestern city of Quetta, a senior Pakistani security official and Taliban sources said on Thursday.
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Pakistani police detained opposition activists on Monday to stop them protesting in front of the Supreme Court as it resumed hearing challenges to President Pervez Musharraf's plans for re-election.
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Pakistani authorities tightened security at Islamabad's airport and have detained more than 2,000 supporters of exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his party said on Sunday, the eve of his planned return.
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Police in Pakistan have re-arrested the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto for failing to appear at a court hearing in a murder case.
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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 imminent homecoming of the prime minister he deposed is the latest challenge to the Pakistani president's precarious hold on power
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Zimbabwean riot police arrested the country's top opposition leader on Sunday as they suppressed a planned prayer rally in a crackdown on protests against President Robert Mugabe.
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Indonesian police say they have arrested the alleged leader of terror group Jemaah Islamiyah.
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Pakistani security forces have  arrested the head of an Afghan militant group responsible for  kidnapping three U.N. workers in neighboring Afghanistan, the  information minister said on Saturday.
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President Karzai's office in Afghanistan says a Pakistani spy who worked with al-Qaeda has been arrested.
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Pakistani security forces have arrested the Taliban's former defence minister, the most senior figure from the Islamist regime to be captured since it fell in 2001, security officials said Friday.
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A Pakistani minister being investigated in connection with the death of a Canadian woman is arrested.
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Pakistani opposition leaders cranked up pressure on President Pervez Musharraf on Monday, after doubts were cast over his re-election plans by the Supreme Court's reinstatement of a judge seen as a symbol of resistance.