Pakistan Pakistani forces have captured a senior Al-Qaeda suspect accused of masterminding two bids to kill President Pervez Musharraf, a development hailed as a key victory against the terror network. Iraq Almost 50 people were killed as a suicide bomber struck an Iraqi police recruitment centre in the Kurdish city of Arbil, a day after Iraq's first democratic cabinet was sworn in. Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair appeared on track to win a third straight term in power, as Britain prepared to vote in a general election that has called his integrity over Iraq into question. US A former Russian nuclear energy minister has been arrested in Switzerland at the request of authorities in the United States, where he is wanted on suspicion of money laundering, Swiss officials said. Mideast Israel has frozen an agreement to hand over responsibility for security in parts of the West Bank as the Palestinians made clear they would resist demands for a campaign to disarm militants. Egypt Egyptian riot police fired tear gas and clashed with demonstrators in several cities demanding an end to the "dicatorship" of President Hosni Mubarak, arresting more than 200 people, organizers said. Vatican Pope Benedict XVI departed from a prepared text to warn pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's Square for his general audience against the temptations of the easy life. AFPLifestyle A man suspected of involvement in the theft of Norwegian painter Edvard Munch's world-famous "The Scream" last year has been detained, in the fourth arrest in the case in a month, police said. Afghanistan US and Afghan troops backed by jets and helicopters killed around 20 suspected Taliban militants on the day that a new American commander took charge in the war-torn country, the US military said. Somalia Tuesday's deadly blast in a Mogadishu stadium was the result of an apparent failed attempt to assassinate transitional Somali prime minister Ali Mohamed Gedi, diplomatic sources said.