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Jamaican fraud probe reveals links to politicians

Articles: 5, Last update: May 24, 2012 8:31:00 PM, Start: May 24, 2012 6:15:00 PM

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Whistleblower Woodford's Olympus court clash looms

Articles: 5, Last update: May 24, 2012 7:53:00 PM, Start: May 24, 2012 6:20:00 PM

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Gov't taking new steps to combat food stamp fraud

Articles: 2, Last update: May 24, 2012 8:21:00 PM, Start: May 24, 2012 6:36:00 PM

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Three sentenced for Moldova illegal uranium trading

Articles: 3, Last update: May 24, 2012 8:15:00 PM, Start: May 24, 2012 6:14:00 PM

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Articles published more than 10 minutes ago

Live updates: Polls close in presidential election

Source country almasryalyoum-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:12:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] fraud[2];

Entities: Mohammed Awad[1]; Sheikh Zuwayed[4]; Mahmoud Ahmad[1]; Mohammed Badie[1]; Amr Moussa[4]; Ahmed Mussa[1]; Abdel Moneim Aboul Futouh[3]; Faruk Sultan[2]; Abdul Munim[4]; Ahmad Shafiq[5]; Mohammed Morsi[4]; Jimmy Carter[1]; Al-Masri al-Youm[4]; Ahmed Ismail[1]; Abu Bakr[1]; Hosni Mubarak[3];

Other categories: Conflict;

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Mohammed Awad asks (about Abdel Moneim Aboul Futouh) : “Will Abouel Fotouh bring you gas and fuel for your motorbike everyday?”

9:00 pm: The polls have closed in Egypt’s first presidential election since the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. In a press conference Thursday evening, Presidential Elections Commission head Farouk Sultan said that polling stations will remain open to voters until the last individual who was in line at 9 pm has cast their vote....

Egypt presidential candidate: "elections free from violence and fraud"

Source country euronews-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:08:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] fraud[3];

Entities: Hamdeen Sabahi[1]; Ahmed Chafik[1]; Hosni Mubarak[1];

Other categories:

At the end of the second day of voting in Egypt's first free presidential election, the ballot has been better run after the state election body…...

Monti: «Se salta un Paese problema per tutti»

Source country corriere Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:06:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruzione[2];

Entities: Mario Monti[2];

Other categories: Fight against fraud;

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Mario Monti concluso: «portare la crescita e portare in Europa la richiesta pressante per una politica più favorevole per la crescita»

«Cara Merkel abbiamo capito che è nel nostro interesse diventare anche noi disciplinati e lo stiamo facendo»...

Articles published more than 20 minutes ago

Senate bill aims to increase drug import safety

Source country news-yahoo Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:56:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] counterfeiting[3];

Entities: Michael Bennett[1]; John McCain[3];

Other categories: Drugs; OHIM; Imports Exports;

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Michael Bennett said: "These are all the steps American families already think we have in place to protect them,"

The Senate has passed a bill that would increase inspections of foreign drug manufacturers, among other measures designed to assure the safety of the nation's increasingly imported drug supply....

Democrats rush money to Wisconsin for Walker recall

Source country reuters Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:55:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[2];

Entities: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett[1]; Tom Barrett[1]; Scott Walker[2]; Wasserman Schultz[3]; John Doe[1]; Debbie Wasserman Schultz[1];

Other categories:

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Wasserman Schultz said: "Choices don't get clearer than this. Winning in Wisconsin sends a powerful message to the far-right extremists, and it starts to roll back their worst offenses,"

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Democratic governors pledged $1 million on Thursday to pay for Wisconsin television advertisements in a final push to recall Republican Governor Scott Walker, who has a small but consistent lead in polls before the June 5 vote....

Presidenciais melhor geridas no Egito

Source country euronews-pt Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:54:00 PM CEST | info

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] fraude[2];

Entities: Hamdeen Sabahi[1]; Bashar Assad[1];

Other categories:

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Hamdeen Sabahi afirma: “Até agora, penso que não houve violência nem fraude eleitoral. Penso que as irregularidades são limitadas. Não invalidam as eleições no Egito. Esperamos que não aumentem e que o que aconteceu ontem e esta manhã esteja sobre controlo. Na minha opinião, temos umas eleições que podemos dizer estão livres de fraude descarada”

Segundo os observadores a gestão das presidenciais, no Egito, está a ser mais eficaz do que as legislativas. Apesar dos confrontos entre seculares,…...

Articles published more than 30 minutes ago

U.S. State Department Warns Of 'Instability' Following Arab Spring

Source country globalsecurity Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:52:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[16]; fraud[1];

Entities: Alexander Lukashenko[1]; Mikhail Saakashvili[1]; Viktor Yanukovich[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov[1]; Serzh Sarksyan[1]; Islam Karimov[1]; Shahbaz Bhatti[1]; Yulia Tymoshenko[1]; Hamid Karzai[1]; Golnaz Esfandiari[1]; Emomali Rakhmon[1]; Heather Maher[1]; Ilham Aliyev[1]; Salmaan Taseer[1];

Other categories: Consumers; Terrorist Attack; Society; Consumer Affairs; Liberties; Conflict; Immigration; Discrimination; Echo; Human Trafficking;

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Hillary Rodham Clinton said: "Many of the events that have dominated recent headlines, from the revolutions in the Middles East to reforms in Burma (Myanmar), began with human rights, with the clear call of men and women demanding their universal rights,"

In a new report, the U.S. State Department calls last year’s uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa “inspirational."...

Articles published more than 40 minutes ago

El Presidente Felipe Calderón durante la XXVII Asamblea Plenaria de la Conferencia Nacional de Procuración de Justicia

Source country presidencia Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:37:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corrupción[5];

Entities: Rodrigo Medina[2]; Felipe Calderón[1]; Estado de Derecho[5]; Nuevo León[9];

Other categories: Society;

Palabras del Presidente Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, durante la Inauguración de la XXVII Asamblea Plenaria de la Conferencia Nacional de Procuración de Justicia, que tuvo lugar en este municipio....

In Annual Rights Report, U.S. Warns Of 'Instability' Following Arab Spring

Source country rferl Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:34:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[1]; fraud[1];

Entities: Hamid Karzai[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; Serzh Sarksyan[1];

Other categories: Society; Terrorist Attack; Conflict;

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In a new report, the U.S. State Department calls last year’s uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa “inspirational," with citizens in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, and Syria standing up and demanding their universal rights, greater economic opportunity, and participation in their countries’ political future....

Articles published more than 50 minutes ago

Zuma portrait court case reopens South Africa's wounds from apartheid era

Source country guardian Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:32:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[2];

Entities: Henry Kissinger[1]; Gwede Mantashe[1]; Mondli Makhanya[1]; Nelson Mandela[1]; Jacob Zuma[2]; Jackson Mthembu[1];

Other categories:

To its supporters, the painting is about free expression but to the ANC, it is a violation of the president's dignity – and racist One of the most heated debates in South Africa's recent political history reached a moment of farce today when three high court judges were asked to adjudicate on.......

Articles published more than 1 hour ago

Police Seize Record £4m Of Counterfeit Coins

Source country skynews Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:21:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] Counterfeit[1]; counterfeit[2]; fraud[1];

Entities: John Terry[1]; Fernando Torres[1]; Joleon Lescott[1];

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More than £4 million worth of fake pound coins have been seized by detectives. The haul is thought to be the biggest ever in the UK and follows raids on properties around London. The Metropolitan Police received information from a member of the public that led to raids at addresses in Enfield, Hertfordshire and Essex....

Bribery allegations, Shah Rukh Khan banning and raves: is the IPL losing its charm?

Source country thenational Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:13:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[2];

Entities: Shashi Tharoor[1]; Kirti Azad[1]; Tiger Woods[1]; Kobe Bryant[1]; Pranab Mukherjee[1]; Rahul Sharma[1]; Kolkata Knight[2]; Wayne Parnell[1]; Enforcement Directorate[1]; Shah Rukh Khan[2]; Shah Rukh[2]; Chinnaswamy Stadium[1]; Lalit Modi[1];

Other categories: DG Taxation & Customs Union;

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Pranab Mukherjee told: "There are certain irregularities that are being looked into, particularly relating to some complaints received that there are foreign investments in the IPL,"

The fifth edition of the Indian Premier League has been mired in string of controversies. As a result, cricket's richest tournament is turning out to be a fatal attraction, Samanth Subramanian, Foreign Correspondent, reports....

Romany discrimination, corruption problems in CzechRep-US report

Source country ceskenoviny-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:08:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[5];

Other categories: Society;

Washington - Discrimination against Romanies, corruption, violence against women, anti-Semitic acts and overcrowded prisons are the major human rights shortcomings in the Czech Republic, says the annual report that the U.S. Department of State released today....

Indian police investigate ex-Reebok executives over US$158 mil. fraud

Source country ChinaPost Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:02:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] fraud[2];

Entities: Jan Runau[1];

Other categories: Financial Economic Crime;

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Germany's Adidas Group said Wednesday that Indian police are investigating two former executives from its Reebok India unit for an alleged fraud that could cost the company tens of millions of dollars....

Gaga-gagworthy

Source country BangkokPost Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:02:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] Counterfeit[1]; counterfeit[1];

Entities: Lady Gaga[8];

Other categories:

Lady Gaga spent her first night out in Bangkok watching a transvestite cabaret show while around her Thais fumed with indignation at her Twitter comment about buying a fake Rolex in the city. Shortly after her private jet arrived on Wednesday night Lady Gaga posted this tweet "I just landed in Bangkok baby! Ready for 50,000 screaming Thai monsters....

'Unusually wealthy'

Source country BangkokPost Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:02:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[2];

Other categories: Financial Economic Crime;

Mr Supoj failed to explain to the graftbusting agency how he had acquired most of the 18 million baht stolen from his home and later recovered by police from suspected robbers. Klanarong Chanthik, NACC member and the agency spokesman, said the majority of the NACC members agreed at Thursday's.......

EE.UU. denuncia ejecuciones extrajudiciales en República Dominicana y Haití

Source country diariolibre Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:50:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corrupción[2];

Other categories: EU-USA; Society; UN Bodies;

WASHINGTON. Estados Unidos denunció hoy la existencia de ejecuciones extrajudiciales o abusos de las autoridades de República Dominicana y Haití contra sospechosos, según el informe anual sobre derechos humanos del Departamento de Estado para 2011. El Informe sobre Prácticas en Derechos Humanos.......

Prisión provisional contra dos soldados acusados de homicidio

Source country laprensagrafica Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:33:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] fraude[3];

Entities: Alvaro Aguilar[2];

Other categories:

Álvaro Aguilar García y Otoniel Amaya son acusados del asesinato de Román Alexander Alberto Cea, quien perdió la vida en marzo pasado, tras ser atacado en el parque Balboa, en Panchimalco. El Juzgado de Paz de Panchimalco decretó instrucción formal con detención provisional contra dos militares.......

Russia: Opposition Leader Sergei Udaltsov and Anti-Corruption Blogger Alexi Navalny Released from Prison [VIDEO]

Source country ibtimes Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:31:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] Anti-Corruption[1]; anti-corruption[2];

Entities: Violetta Volkova[1]; Alexey Navalny[1]; Alexei Navalny[1]; Sergei Udaltsov[2]; Boris Nemtsov[1]; Vladimir Putin[1];

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Opposition leaders Sergei Udaltsov and Alexi Navlny freed after serving 15-day prison sentences for roles in anti-Putin inauguration rally....

Anne Hathaway's ex Raffaello Follieri released from pris

Source country antiguanews Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:31:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] fraud[3];

Entities: Bill Clinton[1]; Raffaello Follieri[3]; Will Rogers[1]; Anne Hathaway[3]; John Koeltl[1];

Other categories: DG Taxation & Customs Union;

Four years ago, Raffaello Follieri had it all - billion-dollar investments, entree to Bill Clinton's inner circle, and Hollywood princess Anne Hathaway on his arm. And as the 34-year-old Italian entrepreneur stepped out of federal prison in Loretto, Pennsylvania today, he now faces deportation and a.......

Jamaican fraud probe reveals links to politicians

Source country antiguanews Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:31:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] fraud[2];

Entities: Range Rover[1]; David McFadden[1]; Caicos Islands[2]; Daryl Vaz[1]; Percival Patterson[1]; Jamaica Gleaner[1];

Other categories: DG Taxation & Customs Union; Economic Crisis - Internal Market;

A confiscation order by the Turks and Caicos Islands' Supreme Court alleges that Smith contributed nearly $9 million in tainted money to both of the island's major parties, and to several prominent individual politicians even as he was defrauding thousands of people across the Caribbean and the United States of at least $220 million....

Zimmerman ripped, praised local cops

Source country cnn Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:30:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[1]; illegal activity[1];

Entities: Bill Lee[1]; Trayvon Martin[3]; George Zimmerman[1];

Other categories: Financial Economic Crime;

George Zimmerman gave a scathing review of the Sanford Police Department when he spoke at a public meeting in January 2011, describing what he'd seen in ride-alongs with officers as "disgusting."...

U.S. condemns corruption, harassment in Latin America

Source country montrealgazette Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:26:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[2]; Corruption[1];

Entities: Hugo Chavez[1]; Michael Posner[1];

Other categories: Society; Security; Conflict;

The United States have condemned abuses of power across Latin America, highlighting serious human rights violations committed by Honduran police, and growing harassment of the opposition in Cuba and Venezuela....

Articles published more than 2 hours ago

Lebanon Woman Pleads Guilty to $848,000 Wire Fraud

Source country 7thspace Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:22:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] Fraud[1]; fraud[2];

Other categories:

EUGENE, OR—Rhonda Milligan, 41, of Lebanon, Oregon, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud before Chief United States District Judge Ann Aiken on May 17, 2012. In court, Milligan admitted to embezzling more than $848,000 from her former ......

World in Ukraine. Swedish ambassador: Yanukovych has not lived up to expectations

Source country kyivpost Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:20:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[3];

Entities: Yulia Tymoshenko[1]; Viktor Yanukovich[1]; Stefan Gullgren[3];

Other categories: EU Russia; FRA-EU; Customs; Enlargement; Fight against fraud;

Meet Sweden's top diplomat in Ukraine: Stefan Gullgren As Ukraine’s relationship with the European Union hits new depths, it will need all the friends it can get to repair the strains. One of the nation’s strongest allies within the EU has been Sweden, a Scandinavian nation of around nine million.......

Watchdog weighs Jones inquiry as court acquits rich migrant

Source country nzherald Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:19:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] fraud[2];

Entities: David Cunliffe[1]; David Shearer[1]; Pansy Wong[1]; Yang Liu[1]; Chris Carter[1];

Other categories:

The Auditor-General will decide in the next few days whether to conduct an inquiry into the controversial decision by Labour MP Shane Jones when he was a Cabinet minister to grant New Zealand citizenship to a wealthy Chinese busin......

EEUU acusa a narcos mexicanos de ser los principales causantes de violencia

Source country es-noticias Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:13:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corrupción[2];

Entities: Felipe Calderón[1];

Other categories: Society;

Washington, 24 may (EFE).- Los narcotraficantes son los autores principales de los crímenes violentos que se registraron en México en 2011, aunque la lucha contra el crimen organizado ha contribuido a agravar la situación de los derechos humanos en el país, según un informe divulgado hoy por el Departamento de Estado de EEUU....

EE.UU. denuncia el uso de la Ley Habilitante para violar los derechos en Venezuela

Source country es-noticias Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:13:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corrupción[2];

Entities: Congreso de Estados Unidos[1]; Hugo Chavez[1];

Other categories: EU-USA;

Washington, 24 may (EFE).- El presidente de Venezuela Hugo Chávez violó en 2011 derechos económicos y de propiedad a través de la Ley Habilitante, que le concede poderes especiales para aprobar leyes, indicó hoy el Gobierno de Estados Unidos en su informe sobre derechos humanos....

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