Key Khmer Rouge architect arrested
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An elderly ex-leader of the radical communist group will face a war crimes tribunal in Cambodia.
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Prosecutors arrested a former aide of President Roh Moo-hyun Thursday on bribery and influence-peddling charges
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A suspected IRA member wanted in connection with a bomb attack in Northern Ireland is arrested by police.
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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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Cambodia's most senior surviving Khmer Rouge leader was arrested and charged with crimes against humanity on Wednesday &#151; three decades after the murderous regime left 1.7 million people dead through starvation, overwork and execution.
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Abu Hamza al-Masri is arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia's most senior surviving Khmer Rouge leader was arrested and charged with crimes against humanity yesterday - three decades after the regime left 1.7 million people dead through starvation, overwork, and execution.
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Chile's ex-military leader is reportedly placed under house arrest over the 1974 kidnap of two political opponents.
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One of the most feared members of the Bosnian-Serb army, who was accused of decapitating 80-100 Muslim civilians in 1995 and of carrying out the Srebrenica massacre, was arrested yesterday on genocide charges.
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The scandal-hit former head of the Organisation of American States is arrested in his native Costa Rica.
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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 Chinese civil rights activist who chronicled the plight of other dissidents before being taken from his home in December has been officially arrested and charged with subversion
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Two Rwandan men wanted for their alleged role in the 1994 genocide are arrested in France, police say.
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The alleged mastermind of an assassination plot against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is in Egyptian custody and will be put on trial, a cabinet minister revealed.
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Three ex-ministers of  Nepal's king are arrested on suspicion of conspiring to encourage violence in southern Nepal.
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One of the main suspects over a murder at a Hindu temple in India is arrested in a case that has led to major protests .
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Another former Bangladeshi lawmaker has been arrested as part of the interim government's massive graft crackdown, bringing the number of political leaders detained to 23, an official said.