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 Twenty five people were killed in a series of attacks in Baghdad, including nine policemen shot to death in their squads' cars and 15 men who died in a bomb explosion at an army recruitment centre, an interior ministry official said. Britain Britain's people go to the polls for a general election near-universally predicted to hand Prime Minister Tony Blair a third straight term in office, despite distinct reservations for many voters over Iraq. Mideast-Palestinian Palestinians began voting as the polls opened in more than 80 municipalities across the occupied territories, in what was widely regarded as a final test of the radical Hamas movement's popularity before participating in its first legislative elections. US-Russia 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. US-Iraq A judge declared a mistrial in the court-martial of Lynndie England, the US soldier who became the face of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, after he rejected her guilty plea. 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. US Computer giant IBM has announced a major restructuring plan focused on its European operations that entails the loss of up to 13,000 employees worldwide. India An Indian space rocket blasted off in the country's first bid to carry two satellites in a single launch, part of its ambitious space programme that aims to send a probe to the moon. 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.