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Parliament in Sri Lanka has been dissolved with effect from midnight Tuesday ahead of new elections, officials said.

Sri Lankan opposition parties Tuesday protested the arrest of former army commander Sarath Fonseka, who led the military victory over the Tamil rebels before unsuccessfully running in last month's presidential election.

Two years after Ram Gopal Varma's remake of the Bollywood classic "Sholay" suffered censors' scissors in Nepal, the film director's new release "Rann" has met with an entirely different response here, with top Maoist leaders calling it "inspiring".

Sri Lanka former army commander General Sarath Fonseka, who spearheaded the final phase of military operations against Tamil rebels, was arrested with officials accusing him of conspiring to topple the government.

A former minister of Pakistan was shot and four of his body guards were killed when a group of armed assailants attacked the opposition Awami Muslim League's office in this district of the country's north.

Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Tuesday denied reports that its key official and party chief's son Tarique Rahman had met Indian fugitive militant Paresh Barua.

Calling the arrest of former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka "the murder of dissent'' by Colombo, Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada have sought immediate international trial of President Mahinda Rajapaksa for war crimes.

Accusing the Victoria government of downplaying the racial violence against Indians, Australia's opposition leader said the state has failed to confront the problem.

Viktor Yanukovych has effectively won Ukraine's presidential election with a 3.14 percentage-point margin of victory over his opponent, and practically all ballots counted, a senior election official said Monday.

Former Iranian deputy foreign minister Mohsen Aminzadeh has been given a six-year jail term for his involvement in the post-election protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, opposition websites reported Monday.