He was put under house arrest after a judge refused to endorse his detention.

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The court found him guilty after an unusually long 18-year trial - during which he was put under house arrest.

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As part of the deal, Gen Nkunda was taken out of the country and put under house arrest in Rwanda - where he remains.

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On Friday, Bhutto was put under house arrest in Islamabad.

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Among the rumours swirling during the broadcasting blackout was one that President Musharraf himself had been put under house arrest by subordinates, but this was strenuously denied by the government.

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He was released in 2005 and put under strict house arrest, but months later was arrested under immigration rules and moves began to deport him to Jordan to face retrial on the charges he had been convicted of six years earlier.

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Before Musharraf's plane touched down, soldiers had taken control of the airport and the radio and television stations, and put a number of cabinet ministers under house arrest.

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