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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A court ordered a Pakistani man arrested March 1 with suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed to remain in police custody for at least three days while police continue to interrogate him, court officials said Saturday. The anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi, near Pakistan's capital, ruled police could continue to hold the suspect, Ahmed Abdul Qadus, until at least March 11. At that time, the court will rule again and is likely to approve his continued detention. Qadus, a member of Pakistan's hardline Jamaat-e-Islami religious party, was captured at his home in a raid by Pakistani intelligence...

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) -- The stunning arrest of Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed by Pakistani intelligence and CIA agents began with a near miss last month in a dusty border town and became a feverish chase fueled by communications intercepts and suspects' interrogations, security officials said Sunday. Mohammed, an unidentified man of Middle Eastern origin and Pakistani Ahmed Abdul Qadus were arrested early Saturday in Rawalpindi, a bustling city adjacent to the capital. Mohammed and the unidentified man were handed over to U.S. authorities and spirited to an undisclosed location out of the country, a senior government official told...

Hunt for captured al-Qaida fugitive started with narrow escape in southwestern Pakistan RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - The stunning arrest of Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed by Pakistani intelligence and CIA agents began with a near miss last month in a dusty border town and became a feverish chase fueled by communications intercepts and suspects' interrogations, security officials said Sunday. Mohammed, an unidentified man of Middle Eastern origin and Pakistani Ahmed Abdul Qadus were arrested early Saturday in Rawalpindi, a bustling city adjacent to the capital. Mohammed and the unidentified man were handed over to U.S. authorities and spirited...