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		<title>Prison sentence cut for ex-Ukrainian prime minister convicted in US of corruption in homeland</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Former Ukraine leader&#8217;s prison sentence reduced

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has reduced the prison sentence of a former Ukrainian prime minister convicted in the U.S. of corruption in his homeland.
U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer cut Pavlo Lazarenko&#8217;s nine-year sentence by 11 months on Wednesday.
The move came after an appeals court last year tossed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former La. congressman in freezer cash case gets 13 years in prison for bribery, racketeering</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Ex-congressman gets 13 years in freezer cash case

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Louisiana congressman who famously hid $90,000 cash in his freezer was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for taking bribes, the longest term ever imposed on a congressman for bribery charges.
William Jefferson, a Democrat who represented parts of New Orleans for nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors seek at least 27 years in prison for ex-Rep. Jefferson in bribery case</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Govt asks 27 years in prison for ex-Rep. Jefferson

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Federal prosecutors want a prison term of at least 27 years for a former Louisiana congressman convicted of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.
William Jefferson, a Democrat who represented parts of New Orleans, was convicted of bribery, racketeering and other counts. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baltimore mayor faces trial for stealing gift cards; case could end her political career</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Gift card scandal could sink Baltimore mayor
BALTIMORE — The accusations that Mayor Sheila Dixon used holiday gift cards for the needy during personal shopping sprees may sound like a minor embarrassment at worst, a small-time case of a politician enjoying the perks of power.
For Dixon, the stakes could not be higher.
Dixon, 55, will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banking scandal fugitive Rakesh Saxena arrives in Thailand after extradition from Canada</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Extradited banking fugitive arrives in Thailand

BANGKOK — A fugitive former adviser to a Thai bank whose failure caused a crisis of confidence that helped spark the 1997 Asian financial meltdown arrived Friday night in Bangkok after his extradition from Canada.
Rakesh Saxena, 57, had staged one of the longest extradition battles in Canadian history to avoid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former French President Jacques Chirac ordered to stand trial in alleged corruption scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicolas Vaux-montagny</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[France&#8217;s Jacques Chirac ordered to stand trial
PARIS — A French judge ordered former President Jacques Chirac to stand trial on embezzlement charges predating his presidency — a case that could mark the first time a former leader of modern France is forced to defend himself in court.

Chirac is to be tried for embezzlement and breach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham, Ala., mayor convicted of taking bribes for $7M in bond work, removed from office</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Reeves</dc:creator>
		
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Birmingham, Ala., mayor convicted of taking bribes

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A federal jury convicted Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford on Wednesday on all charges of accepting bribes in exchange for funneling $7.1 million in bond business to a prominent investment banker.
As a convicted felon, Langford was automatically removed from the office he won in a landslide in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debt-plagued Birmingham mayor convicted of taking bribes for bond work, removed from office</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Birmingham mayor convicted in bribery scheme

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A jury has convicted Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford on federal charges of accepting bribes, automatically removing him from office.
He was convicted Wednesday of all the counts he faced for accepting cash and luxury items worth about $236,000 while serving as president of the Jefferson County Commission. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Nevada economy in shambles, Senate Leader Harry Reid faces stiff 2010 challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael R. Blood</dc:creator>
		
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Senate Leader Harry Reid faces tough re-election

SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. — Along a curve of desert highway near the gated home of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, mechanic Bill Johnson is struggling to keep his checkbook balanced.
With Nevada&#8217;s economy poisoned by recession and the nation&#8217;s highest foreclosure and bankruptcy rates, business at Johnson&#8217;s boat-repair shop has nose-dived [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New court filing directly ties congressman Don Young to Alaska corruption probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Documents filed in federal court directly link U.S. Rep. Don Young to a wide-ranging investigation of corruption in Alaska for the first time.

The state&#8217;s only representative in the House is identified as &#8220;United States Representative A&#8221; in the documents filed in connection with the sentencing next week of Bill Allen, a key [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investment banker convicted of bribing Birmingham mayor testifies mayor was in &#8216;dire straits&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Reeves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — An investment banker who pleaded guilty to bribing Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford testified Thursday he hoped to get lucrative bond work when he began giving money to Langford, who was in &#8220;very dire&#8221; financial straits.

The plan worked, according to testimony by banker Bill Blount during Langford&#8217;s corruption trial. Soon after Langford took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutor recommends conviction and fine for former French prime minister in slander trial</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutor-recommends-conviction-and-fine-for-former-french-prime-minister-in-slander-trial-201215/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Verena Von Derschau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — A French prosecutor recommended Tuesday that former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin be convicted for his alleged role in a smear campaign against President Nicolas Sarkozy, arguing he should have put an end to rumors swirling about his rival.

Prosecutor Jean-Claude Marin called for an 18-month suspended sentence and a fine of €45,000 ($67,370) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ala. mayor accused of accepting Rolex, other bribes for steering millions to crony&#8217;s business</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ala-mayor-accused-of-accepting-rolex-other-bribes-for-steering-millions-to-cronys-business-199278/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Mayor Larry Langford, who could be tossed out of office and go to prison if convicted of federal bribery charges, recently offered some advice to a new Birmingham City Council member.

&#8220;The illusion of power is the most dangerous drug on the planet,&#8221; Langford said. &#8220;A little bit of power — nothing intoxicates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaker of Irish parliament to resign rather than face no-confidence vote in expenses scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — The embattled speaker of Ireland&#8217;s parliament says he will resign rather than face a no-confidence vote demanded by opposition leaders over his lavish spending on staff and travel.

John O&#8217;Donoghue says he will step down next week as the neutral moderator of parliament. His concession came hours after the two major opposition parties declared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Named by unpopular governor, NY&#8217;s junior senator must tread election bid carefully</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson keeps sinking in the public&#8217;s opinion, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is stuck in the vortex: She has to avoid getting sucked down by the governor&#8217;s historic low ratings without appearing ungrateful to the man who picked her to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Gillibrand, a little-known second-term congresswoman before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greek Socialists trounce governing conservatives on wave of anger over scandals, economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elena Becatoros</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Greece — Greece&#8217;s Socialist leader George Papandreou trounced the governing conservatives in a landslide election victory after a campaign focused on dramatically different visions of how to dig the country out of its worst economic crisis in years.

Papandreou, a 57-year-old former foreign minister whose father and grandfather were both prime ministers, had insisted that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greek Socialists claim election victory after voters angered by scandals oust conservatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elena Becatoros</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Greece — Greek voters angered by repeated scandals and a faltering economy ousted Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis in an early election Sunday, returning the Socialists to power after five years of conservative governance, initial results indicated.

Final projections issued by the company carrying out the vote counting indicated that former foreign minister George Papandreou&#8217;s Panhellenic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate&#8217;s No. 2 Republican offers no support of Ensign as ethics committee investigates affair</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The No. 2 Senate Republican is keeping his distance from the scandal surrounding his embattled GOP colleague from Nevada, John Ensign.

Arizona Sen. John Kyl on Sunday didn&#8217;t offer any defense of Ensign when he asked about a probe into Ensign&#8217;s extramarital affair with an aide.
Kyl told CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; that he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate GOP leader offers no support for Ensign amid new allegations about cover-up affair</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign of Nevada was only beginning to emerge from a self-imposed political exile over fallout from his extramarital affair with a campaign aide. Now, tawdry new details about the case are raising fresh questions whether Ensign can be re-elected in 2012 — or even face criminal charges over his behavior.

If Ensign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peruvian ex-President Fujimori sentenced for bribes, wiretaps to 6 years, fined $9 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — A court imposed a six-year prison sentence Wednesday on disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori, who already faced the prospect of spending the rest of his life in a cell after three previous convictions. He also was fined $9 million for authorizing wiretaps and bribes.

The sentencing concluded two years of televised trials that forced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official: Prosecutors ask court to drop corruption case against Chirac, others</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Verena Von Derschau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — The Paris prosecutor&#8217;s office has asked a court to drop a case against former President Jacques Chirac and others accused in an alleged corruption scandal dating back to his 1977-1995 tenure as Paris mayor, a judicial official said Tuesday.

The request has been delivered to investigating judge Xaviere Simeoni, said the official, who spoke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Illinois president at center of admissions scandal submits letter of resignation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois President B. Joseph White resigned Wednesday following reports that the school admitted politically connected applicants over more qualified ones at its Urbana-Champaign campus.

White said he sent a resignation letter to Christopher Kennedy, the chairman of the university&#8217;s board of trustees.
&#8220;I take this action to enable you as a newly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French ex-prime minister Villepin on trial over alleged smear campaign targeting Sarkozy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Verena Von Derschau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — Former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin lashed out at French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday at the start of a slander trial involving alleged dirty tricks by top politicians and businessmen.

&#8220;I am here because of the determination of one man. Nicolas Sarkozy,&#8221; Villepin said before taking his place on the defendants&#8217; bench. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombia&#8217;s president says he favors eliminating scandal-plagued domestic spy agency</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOGOTA — President Alvaro Uribe says he is in favor of eliminating Colombia&#8217;s scandal-plagued domestic intelligence agency and transferring its functions to the police.

Washington&#8217;s top ally in South America has previously said the DAS could be restructured, but Thursday&#8217;s comments were the first time he has publicly backed eliminating the agency.
Uribe said his government is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yugoslav war crimes tribunal authorizes early release of former Bosnian Serb President Plavsic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal announced Tuesday it has approved the early release from prison of former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic after she served two-thirds of her 11-year sentence for persecution.

The decision means that one of the most senior political leaders ever convicted by the U.N. court could walk free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala arrests 9, including 5 police, in killing of lawyer who accused president</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Authorities in Guatemala arrested nine suspects Friday, including five police officers, in the killing of a prominent lawyer who accused President Alvaro Colom of involvement in his death in a posthumously released video.

The arrests were announced by a special investigation group known as the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, which was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala arrests 7, including 5 police, in killing of lawyer who accused president</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Authorities in Guatemala arrested seven suspects Friday, including five police officers, in the killing of a prominent lawyer who accused President Alvaro Colom of involvement in his death in a posthumously released video.

The arrests were announced by a special investigation group known as the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, which was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Democrat tries to convince conservative district of his moderate work on health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Majors</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — It has been a challenging month for all Democratic lawmakers returning from a congressional recess, and especially for one Ohioan who has been tangling with a conservative, New Jersey-sized district that turned Democratic only after scandal felled a six-term Republican.

The health care debate has made life in Ohio&#8217;s 18th Congressional District [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Pa. state senator, convicted on fraud charges, headed to federal prison Monday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA — A former Pennsylvania state senator convicted on fraud charges is scheduled to report to federal prison in Kentucky on Monday.

Sixty-six-year-old Vincent Fumo has been sentenced to 4½ years in prison for defrauding the Senate and two nonprofits of several million dollars.
Fumo is set to report to a low-security prison in Ashland, Ky.
The 66-year-old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese opposition leader Hatoyama, a political blue blood, had long wait in wings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Talmadge</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — Though politics is in his blood, Japan&#8217;s opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama has had a long wait in the wings.

While serving eight terms in the powerful lower house of parliament, he has never held a Cabinet post. And though he got his start in the long-ruling party his grandfather helped create, he defected at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A look at the leaders of the top parties vying in Japan&#8217;s parliamentary election</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A look at the leaders of the top parties taking part in Japan&#8217;s parliamentary election Sunday:

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TARO ASO: The conservative prime minister was elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party last September after his two predecessors each lasted only a year in office. He vowed to restore public confidence in the party, but his support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A look at leaders of the top parties vying in Japan&#8217;s parliamentary election</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A look at the leaders of the top parties taking part in Japan&#8217;s parliamentary election Sunday:

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TARO ASO: The conservative prime minister was elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party last September after his two predecessors each lasted only a year in office. He vowed to restore public confidence in the party, but his support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The hot pants tape: Nixon and aides size up Kennedy&#8217;s behavior and wife&#8217;s eye-popping dress</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin Woodward</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — On April 9, 1971, President Richard Nixon conferred with aides on how to get Ted Kennedy followed, or &#8220;covered,&#8221; in hopes of catching the senator doing something scandalous.

Nixon, chief of staff H.R. Haldeman and press secretary Ron Ziegler seemed to think it would only be a matter of time because, as they saw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jury convicts ex-La. congressman&#8217;s brother on 4 counts, including bribery, acquits on 3 counts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — A federal jury has convicted New Orleans political operative Mose Jefferson of bribery charges less than a month after his brother, a former Louisiana congressman, was found guilty of unrelated corruption charges.

The jury of six men and six women on Friday convicted Jefferson of two counts each of bribery and obstruction of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop! In the name of love: Md. lawmaker uses police helicopter, boat for marriage proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Witte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Democratic Delegate Jon Cardin was intent on creating the perfect night to propose to his fiancee, and the evening is certainly one she won&#8217;t forget. Unfortunately, a fuss over his use of a Baltimore police helicopter and a police boat is likely to dog the couple long after the wedding.

After he pulled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope calls Argentina&#8217;s poverty a &#8217;scandal&#8217;; Kirchner acknowledges huge jump</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Warren</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Now even the Pope says Argentina&#8217;s sharp rise in poverty is a &#8220;scandal,&#8221; and the government has been forced to agree, with former president Nestor Kirchner offering new poverty numbers that would represent a 50 percent rise this year alone.

Pope Benedict XVI&#8217;s declaration came as thousands lined up to offer prayers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jury convicts former La. congressman Jefferson of 11 of 16 counts in freezer cash bribe case</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Louisiana congressman accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes was convicted in federal court Wednesday in a case in which agents famously found $90,000 stashed in his freezer.

William Jefferson, a Democrat who had represented parts of New Orleans for almost 20 years, was stoic as the verdict [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton says business in Africa cannot grow without improved democracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a U.S.-Africa trade meeting on Wednesday that business and trade in Africa cannot grow without governments improving democracy.

Clinton is in Kenya on the first leg of a seven-nation tour of Africa. The delegates in Kenya are reviewing the impact of the Africa Growth and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton to speak at US-Africa trade meeting in Kenya</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to tell a U.S.-Africa trade meeting that business and trade in Africa cannot grow without governments improving democracy.

Clinton will be speaking Wednesday at a meeting in Kenya to review the impact of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA. The act is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tenn. state senator opposed to sex outside marriage has affair with intern, resigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Schelzig</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee state senator said he was opposed to sex outside marriage, but his private life told a different story: He was having an affair with his 22-year-old intern.

When an extortion plot exposed married Republican Sen. Paul Stanley&#8217;s illicit relationship, he said he would be &#8220;clearing up&#8221; misimpressions later. He&#8217;s now clearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada extradites German businessman Schreiber, accused of role in Kohl scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Gillies</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MUNICH — Karlheinz Schreiber, a key figure in a political party financing scandal involving former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, was extradited to Germany from Canada to face criminal charges after losing a decade-long court battle.

Monday&#8217;s return of the 75-year-old former arms-industry lobbyist comes a month before a national election in which the conservative Christian Democratic Union [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Businessman Schreiber being extradited from Canada to Germany</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Gillies</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO — German-Canadian businessman Karlheinz Schreiber is being extradited to Germany, Canada&#8217;s justice department has confirmed.

Schreiber is a key figure in a political scandal surrounding former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. He was arrested in Canada in 1999 under a German warrant seeking his extradition.
Justice Department spokeswoman Genevieve Breton says the flight left Toronto between 8 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minister bringing official Mercedes on vacation causes German political scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geir Moulson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN — Germany&#8217;s health minister has embarrassed her party ahead of national elections by bringing her official Mercedes and chauffeur on vacation in Spain, where the €100,000 ($140,000) car was stolen.

Health Minister Ulla Schmidt&#8217;s move generated toe-curling headlines for the center-left Social Democrats, who dropped her from their campaign team Wednesday — for now at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political consultant arrested in NJ corruption probe found dead in his apartment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A political consultant who was one of 44 people arrested last week in New Jersey&#8217;s massive political corruption scandal has been found dead in his apartment.

Hudson County prosecutor Edward DeFazio says a relative found the body of 61-year-old Jack Shaw in Jersey City and called police Tuesday evening.
Federal prosecutors had accused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Serious sin&#8217; senator&#8217;s 2010 bid to give early glimpse of scandal-scarred conservatives&#8217; fate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Mcgill</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — Before South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s romantic disappearance in Argentina and Nevada Sen. John Ensign&#8217;s fling with a campaign aide, there was Sen. David Vitter&#8217;s &#8220;serious sin&#8221; involving an escort service.

When Vitter&#8217;s scandal broke in 2007, some left his political career for dead. Two years later, his re-election campaign is humming along. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Made famous in Nixon scandal, Watergate Hotel scheduled to go to the auction block Tuesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Watergate Hotel, made famous by the scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon, is heading to the auction block.

Alex Cooper Auctioneers is scheduled to start taking bids on the Washington, D.C., landmark Tuesday morning.
Vice president Paul Cooper says hotel chains and developers in the U.S. and overseas have expressed interest in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At embezzlement trial, Peru&#8217;s Fujimori testifies that $15M payoff avoided coup by spy chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Former President Alberto Fujimori said Friday during his embezzlement trial that an illegal $15 million payoff he made went to stave off a military coup plotted by his powerful spy chief.

Fujimori acknowledged using state funds to make the irregular payment to intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos in testimony earlier this week, but said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peru&#8217;s ex-President Fujimori acknowledges paying spy chief to leave</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/perus-ex-president-fujimori-acknowledges-paying-spy-chief-to-leave-108422/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori acknowledged Monday that he paid his spy chief $15 million in state money to quit as his government collapsed amid a corruption scandal.

Fujimori&#8217;s defense lawyer, Cesar Nakazaki, said the 70-year-old ex-president should not be held criminally responsible for the irregular payment to spymaster Vladimiro Montesinos because he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court says evidence insufficient to try Guatemalan arrested for tweet</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/court-says-evidence-insufficient-to-try-guatemalan-arrested-for-tweet-105025/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Angel Faf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — An appeals court found insufficient evidence to warrant the trial of a Guatemalan whose Twitter message led to his arrest on charges of inciting financial panic.

Jean Anleu was arrested and charged in May after sending a 96-character tweet that urged depositors to withdraw funds from a bank involved in a political-murder scandal. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP scandals, Palin&#8217;s resignation leave conservatives reeling in Iowa, New Hampshire</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gop-scandals-palins-resignation-leave-conservatives-reeling-in-iowa-new-hampshire-101566/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Glover</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES, Iowa — Social conservatives in Iowa and New Hampshire already were reeling from scandals surrounding two Republicans thought to be considering White House runs when Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin shocked the party by announcing her resignation.

Now they aren&#8217;t sure what to think in the early presidential voting states.
&#8220;You have to wonder who will [...]]]></description>
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