Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
After a previous update (kdelibs-3.5.7-43.5mdv2008.0), Ark was able to open tar.bz2 archives, but couldn't show their content.
The updated packages fix this issue.
Affected
kdelibs on Mandriva Linux 2008.0,
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64