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Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez faces as much as four years in prison for alleged misuse of public funds more than a decade ago as President Hugo Chavez’s health prompts speculation about new elections.
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Total SA and Chief Executive Officer Christophe de Margerie will fight charges stemming from the United Nations oil-for-food Iraq relief program scandal at a trial in Paris.
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Brazil’s cabinet chief Erenice Guerra has stepped down over allegations of influence peddling within the government, O Estado de S. Paulo reported without saying how it obtained the information.
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Austria’s former Interior Minister was sentenced to four years prison after a jury today found him guilty of corruption and influence peddling, according to a spokeswoman from Vienna’s criminal court.
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Total SA Chief Executive Officer Christophe de Margerie will appear in Paris court on Jan. 21 to fight charges he participated in the scandal stemming from the United Nations oil-for-food relief program.
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Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter’s spending on consultants and political allies when she led the Interior Ministry was criticized by the country’s audit court, Falter newspaper reported.
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Prime Minister Mario Monti won a confidence vote in the Senate today on an anti-graft bill as he seeks to hit back against corruption with the country hobbled by the biggest wave of political scandals in two decades.
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Fresh allegations that former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was part of a cash-for-votes scandal have dealt another blow to the popular leader, diminishing the odds of him running for office again.
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Testifying before Senate committees in 2003 and 2006, Newt Gingrich commanded attention as a former House speaker. He used the opportunities to share his vision of the future of health care -- and to mention a few clients.
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Republican presidential contender Jon Huntsman Jr. said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing this weekend, that rival Mitt Romney would be a “status quo president” with respect to Wall Street and Washington influence peddling. Former Utah Governor Huntsman also said Romney, a former Massachusetts governor who also was a private equity manager, should release his tax returns.
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