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UK to bribe Afghan tribal elders to fight against Taliban

UK to bribe Afghan tribal elders to fight against Taliban

November 26th, 2008 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 26 (ANI): In a bid to encourage the tribesmen in Helmand province to take on the Taliban, the UK is learnt to be planning to pay tribal elders monthly ...

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Exam cheats on the rise at UK universities

September 29th, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept 29 (ANI): The number of students being caught cheating in exams have significantly worsened at London Metropolitan University as compared to 73 other universities, which released the figures under ...

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Former Chinese official gets death sentence for corruption

September 24th, 2008 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI -
Beijing , Sept 24 (ANI): A former official of China ''s Ethnic Affairs Commission has been sentenced to death on corruption charges, according to the official Xinhua news agency. Du Maoji, the ...

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US national Haywood is no longer a suspect: Mumbai Police

September 12th, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI -
Mumbai, Sept 12 (ANI): US national Kenneth Haywood, who left the country while facing a probe in the multiple blasts that killed 57 people in Ahmedabad returned to India and presented ...

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Legal experts say role of Speaker limited in cash for vote scam probe

July 22nd, 2008 - 8:54 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 22 (ANI); Legal experts today said that Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee had a very limited role to play in ruling on the cash for vote scam that ...

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Indian parliament adjourned as MPs flash money

Indian parliament adjourned as MPs flash money

July 22nd, 2008 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Pandemonium gripped the Lok Sabha Tuesday afternoon as opposition MPs suddenly flashed bundles of currency notes they said were being doled out by government supporters to bribe ...

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Weightlifting federation selects Monika Devi for Olympics

July 15th, 2008 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Tuesday unanimously selected L. Monika Devi ahead of Shailaja Pujari for the next month's Beijing Olympics. Monika was selected after a selection trial ...

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Woman cop’s red cap gives bribery game away

July 2nd, 2008 - 1:22 am ICT by IANS -
Chennai, July 1 (IANS) The Chennai police commissioner ordered the suspension of woman police inspector allegedly caught "red-capped" after accepting a bribe from a complainant here Tuesday night. "The officer, S. Rajalakshmi, ...

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Corruption rife in Bangladesh, says global watchdog (Lead)

June 19th, 2008 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS -
Dhaka, June 19 (IANS) Corruption is rife in Bangladesh and is on the increase in all areas of government activity with a public interface despite a drive by the military-backed government against ...

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Bangladesh just as corrupt despite anti-graft drive: report

June 19th, 2008 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS -
Dhaka, June 19 (IANS) The anti-graft drive of Bangladesh's military-backed government has made little difference - its own law enforcing agencies have been rated as most corrupt by the Transparency International, a ...

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Olmert vows not to resign despite bribery investigation

May 29th, 2008 - 12:41 pm ICT by admin -
Xinhua Jerusalem, May 29 (Xinhua) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he will continue to function as prime minister and will not step down despite an ongoing bribery investigation against him. Olmert made ...

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Key witness in Olmert money scandal testifies to court

May 27th, 2008 - 7:03 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Jerusalem, May 27 (DPA) The key witness in the new corruption case against Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert began testifying in a Jerusalem court Tuesday. The pre-trial cross-examination of Morris Talansky, held ...

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Brit govt pays teens PS487m to stay in school!

May 4th, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 4 (ANI): It has taken the British government more than 487 million pounds so far this academic year, to make teenagers stay in school and get an education, according ...

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Six match-fixing footballers jailed, fined

April 23rd, 2008 - 3:01 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Singapore, April 23 (DPA) Six match-fixing football players with a former S-League club were jailed and fined after pleading guilty, news reports said Wednesday. The Chinese nationals each acknowledged accepting between 1,200 ...

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Japanese former minister pleads guilty to bribery

April 21st, 2008 - 12:46 pm ICT by admin -
Xinhua Tokyo, April 21 (Xinhua) Japanese former vice defence minister Takemasa Moriya, who was accused of taking bribes while in post from defence equipment trader Yamada Corp, admitted the charges Monday during the ...

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Sting operation embarrasses Chhattisgarh’s ruling BJP

April 14th, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by admin -
Raipur, April 14 (IANS) With barely seven months to go before the state's legislative assembly elections, Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stands embarrassed as one of its senior leaders has been ...

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British court terms as illegal move to drop Saudi arms probe

April 10th, 2008 - 10:47 pm ICT by admin -
London, April 10 (DPA) A British court ruled Thursday that a government-backed decision to drop a corruption inquiry into a multi-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia in 2006 was unlawful. The High ...

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I was offered money to cross over: Malaysian legislator

April 10th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by admin -
Kuala Lumpur, April 10 (IANS) An opposition legislator of Indian origin in Malaysia's Perak state has alleged that the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) had offered him money to cross over. Perak ...

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Former Indian official in UN jailed for graft

April 2nd, 2008 - 9:13 pm ICT by admin -
New York, April 2 (IANS) A former United Nations official from India, convicted of accepting money and two heavily discounted Manhattan apartments as bribes for steering $100 million in contracts to a ...

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Former UN official from India gets 8 years in jail for graft

April 2nd, 2008 - 9:05 pm ICT by admin -
New York, April 2 (ANI): A former United Nations official from India convicted of accepting bribes has been sentenced to eight years and a month by a New York court. Fifty-Seven-year-old ...

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Samajwadi Party member may challenge suspension in court

March 23rd, 2008 - 5:28 pm ICT by admin -
Bhopal, March 23 (IANS) Samajwadi Party lawmaker Kishore Samrite said he may move court against his suspension from the party on the charge of 'indiscipline' after he accused the Congress of offering ...

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India reconciled to price hike of Admiral Gorshkov

March 11th, 2008 - 4:41 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Mar 11 (ANI): Chief of Navy Staff Admiral Suresh Mehta today said that India has reconciled itself to a price hike for the procurement of the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral ...

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Himachal official held for bribery

February 23rd, 2008 - 12:50 am ICT by admin -
Shimla, Feb 22 (IANS) A top Himachal Pradesh official has been caught allegedly taking bribes from industrial units in Baddi town in exchange for issuing licences, police said here late Friday. "The ...

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Air India to make its contracts more transparent

February 19th, 2008 - 10:26 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Air India is implementing an integrity pact in cooperation with the Central Vigilance Commission where all its contracts worth Rs.100 million ($25 million) and above would be ...

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Amy Winehouses dad insists shes not on suicide watch

December 17th, 2007 - 4:52 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): Troubled singer Amy Winehouses dad Mitch has shot down reports that his daughter is on suicide watch. The reports came after the Back To Black star was implicated in ...

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Pakistan seventh most corrupt country of the world

December 7th, 2007 - 3:54 pm ICT by admin -
Berlin, Dec 7 (ANI): Pakistan has been ranked seventh in the list of most corrupt countries in the world by the anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International. According to the 2007 Global Corruption Barometer, the ...

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