Mr. Nasheed skipped two court appointments -- one in October last year and another this February -- which led to the order for his arrest.

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Vazquez requested an international arrest order for Barrientos, who has been living in Florida since the early 1990s.

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In Pakistan, the Supreme Court's arrest order for Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Tuesday was likely to inflame antagonism between the government and the court.

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National police commissioner Bheki Cele said Mr Wright had "admitted to harbouring and interviewing Mr Pavlos Joseph at a time when the police were searching for the latter in order to effect an arrest".

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Chile's Supreme Court ruled that he could be prosecuted at home for disappearances, but the Appeals Court quashed an arrest order against him on technical grounds.

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The move to charge him with treason follows an order by the Bangladesh High Court directing the authorities to explain the reasons for his arrest.

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But the committee did not support making legal aid free to all for applications to a civil court for an interdict with a power of arrest, or a non-harassment order, where domestic abuse was involved.

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The News and Observer also reported that Edwards' lawyers were not confident they would be allowed to urge a judge to consider alternatives for incarceration such as a halfway house, weekend passes or home arrest in order to give him more time with his children.

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Thursday's order to arrest him was an unprecedented move against a former army chief who ruled the country for almost a decade, the BBC's Orla Guerin in Islamabad says.

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