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Arroyo pleads not guilty at trial

Articles: 25, Last update: Feb 23, 2012 7:29:00 AM, Start: Feb 22, 2012 11:10:00 PM

Sources: 21 , Peak: 4, Current rank: 5, Previous rank: 5, Change: +92%

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Égypte : Moubarak fixé sur son sort le 2 juin

Source country LePoint Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:42:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[2];

Entities: Habib Ibrahim El Adly[1]; Hosni Mubarak[3];

Other categories:

Le Point.fr - Publié le 22/02/2012 à 18:47 - Modifié le 23/02/2012 à 07:19 Le président de la cour pénale chargée de juger l'ancien rais a annoncé que le verdict de son procès serait rendu à cette date. Le verdict dans le procès de Hosni Moubarak est fixé au 2 juin, a déclaré le président de la.......

Slowakei: Korrupte Politiker im Griff des "Gorillas"

Source country Welt Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:40:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] Korruption[2];

Entities: Vladimír Mečiar[1]; Tom Nicholson[2]; Mikulas Dzurinda[1]; Robert Fico[1];

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Eine Affäre um abgehörte Schmiergeldverhandlungen löst in der Slowakei ein politisches Beben aus. Kommissar Zufall half: Ein Geheimagent wohnte inmitten konspirativer Treffs....

Les Douanes grillent les contrebandiers

Source country lanouvellerepublique Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:36:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] contrebande de cigarettes[1]; contrefaçon[1];

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De notre bureau d'Orléans Le 24 octobre, les douaniers de Bourges et Châteauroux, assistés d'une équipe cynophile, ont effectué un contrôle approfondi du fret militaire et des colis postaux en provenance d'Afghanistan, à l'aéroport de Châteauroux. La fouille intégrale a duré trois jours. Au final, 5....

Articles published more than 20 minutes ago

Something wrong with the way we work: House

Source country JakartaPost Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:29:00 AM CET | info [other]

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

Entities: Corruption Eradication Commission[1];

Other categories: Financial Economic Crime;

The House of Representatives invited government and law-enforcement institutions on Thursday to provide input in its bid to reform itself. "The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested ......

Philippines' Arroyo pleads not guilty to vote fraud

Source country france24-en Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:29:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] anti-corruption[1]; corruption[3]; fight corruption[1]; fraud[1];

Entities: Benigno Aquino, Jr[1]; Gloria Macapagal Arroyo[1]; Ampatuan Snr[2]; Andal Ampatuan[1]; Renato Corona[1];

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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said: "Despite the continuous and massive vilification campaign against me and my family, I have always said that I will dispute all charges in the proper forum," "I am submitting myself to this process not only to clear my name but also as part of my commitment to respect and abide by the rules and orders of our courts"

A smiling ex-Philippine president Gloria Arroyo pleaded not guilty on Thursday to rigging an election, denouncing the charge that could see her jailed for life as part a vilification campaign against her. Arroyo is accused of conspiring with a feared political warlord to rig the 2007 senatorial.......

Articles published more than 30 minutes ago

Dagestani Head: "The republican Cabinet should carefully review all the comments of the Accounting Chamber RD"

Source country riadagestan Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:22:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[2]; fight against corruption[1];

Entities: Magomedsalam Magomedov[1];

Other categories: Consumer Affairs; Consumers;

Makhachkala, February 22, 2012. On February 22, Makhachkala hosted the tenth session of the Legislative Assembly RD of the fifth convocation. During the session, the deputies considered a number of bills: "On organization of passenger transport services by road in the inter-municipal and suburban.......

Senior police officers to return to court in March

Source country jamaicagleaner Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:16:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] Corruption[2];

Other categories: Financial Economic Crime;

SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT of Police Assan Thompson, who is accused of breaching the Corruption Prevention Act, appeared before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.He pleaded not guilty and was ordered to return on March 12.......

Articles published more than 40 minutes ago

Polls show concern about livelihood, income gap

Source country chinadaily Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:09:00 AM CET | info

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

Other categories: Food Safety (general);

Polls by China's two leading news groups have shown increasing public concern over livelihood issues and distorted distribution of wealth....

“Operation Jail Woyome” in Progress

Source country ghanaweb Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:06:00 AM CET | info [other]

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

Entities: Democratic Congress[1];

Other categories: Alternative Energy;

It has become necessary to issue this Press statement to throw further light on the agenda being pursued by a Group of people within the corridors of power, to attempt to do irreparable damage to the hard-won reputation of Alfred Agbesi Woyome. It is clear that the ultimate aim of this group is to have Mr....

Atta-Mills or Akuffo Addo? It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better

Source country ghanaweb Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:06:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[5];

Entities: Akufo Addo[7]; Nana Akufo Addo[1]; Harry Truman[1];

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A menagerie of troubling corrupt practices continues to volcanically erupt all over the Ghanaian landscape on a daily basis. Though I am not a soothsayer, I can’t help but to note that it will get worse before it gets better. It will get worse because Atta Mills is inept, and whether he is reelected or not, we are dead in the water....

Philippines' Arroyo pleads not guilty in poll fraud trial

Source country reuters-af Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:04:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[3]; fraud[2];

Entities: Benigno Aquino, Jr[1]; Gloria Macapagal Arroyo[3]; Joseph Estrada[1]; Renato Corona[1]; Manuel Mogato[1];

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MANILA (Reuters) - Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pleaded not guilty on Thursday to electoral fraud on the first day of a trial seen as a landmark test of the government's ability to tackle entrenched corruption in the Southeast Asian nation....

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Philippines' Arroyo pleads not guilty in poll fraud trial

Source country reuters Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:56:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[4]; fraud[2];

Entities: Benigno Aquino, Jr[1]; Gloria Macapagal Arroyo[3]; Rosemarie Francisco[1]; Jose Miguel Arroyo[1]; Joseph Estrada[1]; Renato Corona[1]; Miguel Arroyo[1]; Manuel Mogato[1]; Stuart Grudgings[1];

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Mets Owners Seek to End Madoff Trustee’s $386 Million Suit Without Trial

Source country bloomberg Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:48:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] fraud[3];

Entities: Jed Rakoff[1]; Fred Wilpon[1]; Irving Picard[1]; Bernard Madoff[1]; Saul Katz[1];

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The owners of the New York Mets are set to ask a judge today to end a $386 million lawsuit by the Bernard Madoff brokerage trustee without a trial, saying he hasn’t proved they ignored the fraud because it benefited their business. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff threw out most of Madoff trustee.......

Philippines' Arroyo pleads not guilty to fraud

Source country JakartaPost Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:44:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[6]; fraud[5];

Entities: Benigno Aquino, Jr[1]; Gloria Macapagal Arroyo[6]; Andal Ampatuan[1]; null[1]; Benigno Aquino III[1];

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Former Philippine President and now Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, center, arrives at a Pasay City Court for her arraignment on electoral fraud charges in Manila, on Thursday. Arroyo, who is ......

World Bank opens new global network in Kenya

Source country xinhuanet_en Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:43:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[2];

Entities: Caroline Anstey[1];

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Caroline Anstey said: "Our Nairobi'hub'represents a strategic shift in the way we help fragile and conflict affected countries, and will make us more flexible and smarter about how we can improve people's lives in desperate situations,"

by David Musyoka NAIROBI, Feb. 22 (Xinhua)--The World Bank on Wednesday opened a new global network in Kenya in order to better help more than 30 countries, mostly in Africa in conflict. The Bank's Managing Director for Operations, Caroline Anstey, who officially opened the Global Center on.......

Polls show concern about livelihood, income gap

Source country xinhuanet_en Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:43:00 AM CET | info

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

Other categories: Food Safety (general);

BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Polls by China's two leading news groups have shown increasing public concern over livelihood issues and distorted distribution of wealth. An online poll hosted by Xinhua News Agency showed narrowing the income gap is seen as the top priority among topics expected to be addressed at major upcoming political sessions....

N894m contract scam: Bankole gave contracts to ghost firms, says EFCC

Source country vanguardngr Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:36:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] defraud[1];

Entities: Ibrahim Ahmed[1]; Dimeji Bankole[1];

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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, accused the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, of using fake companies to defraud the Federal Government of N894 million while in office....

Impeach President John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills!

Source country ghanaweb Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:19:00 AM CET | info [other]

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

Entities: Olusegun Obasanjo[1]; Gerald Ford[1]; Kwabena Duffuor[1]; Richard Nixon[1]; Robert Bork[1]; John Dean[2]; New Patriotic Party[1]; Alexander Butterfield[1]; John Evans[1]; Spiro Agnew[1];

Other categories: Conflict;

Preamble: On June 17, 1972, a 24 year old Night Watchman, Frank Mills caught some employees of the Committee to Re-Elect President Nixon inside the Watergate Complex Offices of the Democratic Party. The Police were called in and the culprits were arrested at about 2.30am. They had gone there to plant bugs in the offices....

The woes of a job-seeker

Source country ghanaweb Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:19:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] defraud[1];

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Story by George Oko Mensah “Has the newspaper vendor brought the daily papers this morning”? Yoofi asked sleepily. He was still in bed half awake. He suspected somebody had sneaked into the room. A shadow fell on him. She was standing beside his bed. He knew it could be on other person than his Job’s comforter....

Goldman vs. the Programmer: Bad News All Around

Source country bloomberg Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:18:00 AM CET | info [other]

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

Entities: Kevin Marino[1];

Other categories: Monetary Issues EU; Financial Crisis;

After learning that former Goldman Sachs computer programmer Sergey Aleynikov had been released from prison , his felony conviction overturned by a federal appeals court on Feb. 17, I had a flashback to July 2009. On a Saturday morning that month, a few weeks after Aleynikov was arrested for.......

Arroyo nekar till valfusk

Source country www2unt Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:15:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] korruption[2];

Entities: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo[2];

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Filippinernas expresident förklarade sig icke skyldig när hon gjorde ett första domstolsframträdande sedan hon åtalats för valfusk. Det är ett av flera åtal för korruption och maktmissbruk som väntar 64-åriga Gloria Arroyo. (TT)...

Pravin's budget lauded, but key issues still of concern

Source country mg Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:04:00 AM CET | info [other]

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

Entities: Pravin Gordhan[1]; Fikile Majola[1]; Mangosuthu Buthelezi[1]; Adenaan Hardien[1]; Zwelinzima Vavi[2]; Dennis George[1];

Other categories: Public Health (general);

Quotes in this article

Mangosuthu Buthelezi said: "I feel that we have not yet crossed into the terrain of the much spoken of leadership that the country needs. The measures taken are still mild when drastic measures are needed,"

Adenaan Hardien told: "I would like to have seen a bit more of a reprieve for middle-class South Africans who are still overstretched. The increases in Capital Gains Tax are aimed at the rich but they will withstand the increase,"

The 2012 budget has been largely welcomed, though parties and unions have voiced concerns over infrastructure spending, tolling plans and wage issues....

Nepal jails minister in corruption case

Source country ekantipur Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:58:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruption[3]; Corruption[1];

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Nepal's highest court on Tuesday jailed a serving government minister for corruption in a first for a nation fighting an ingrained culture of graft....

African countries to fight corruption through concerted effort

Source country xinhuanet_en Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:54:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] anti-corruption[1]; Combating Corruption[1]; corruption[6]; fight corruption[1]; Corruption[4]; combat corruption[1];

Other categories: Institutional Affairs; UN Bodies;

KIGALI, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) through the Governance and Public Administration Division (GPAD) in collaboration with Africa Union Advisory Board on Corruption (AUABC) started a 2-day meeting to reflect on their role in advancing the continent's anti-corruption agenda in Kigali on Wednesday....

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Lawyers demand strong anti-corruption law

Source country gorkhapatra Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:48:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] anti-corruption[1]; corruption[7];

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Kathmandu, Feb. 22 Senior lawyers Wednesday said the existing legal provisions to punish the guilty involved in corruption cases were weak. Speaking at a programme at the Reporter’s Club here, they demanded introduction of stronger laws, such as a sentence of 20 years’ jail, to the corrupt and confiscate their properties....

Sebi sets up a separate cell to detect corp frauds

Source country economictimes Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:38:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] fraud[2];

Entities: Sherlock Holmes[1]; Satyam Computer[1];

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Market regulator Sebi has formed a separate team to detect financial or corporate frauds in a bid to beef up its investigation process....

No alla ricusazione, sabato la sentenza

Source country GazzettaDelSud Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:26:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruzione[3];

Entities: Nicoletta Gandus[1]; Laura Bertolè Viale[1]; Francesca Vitale[1]; Caterina Interlandi[1]; Silvio Berlusconi[2]; David Mills[2]; Laura Bertole[1]; Diego Attanasio[1]; Fabio De Pasquale[2];

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Nessuna «indebita» anticipazione di giudizio. Con questo motivo la Corte d'Appello di Milano ha bocciato l'istanza di ricusazione presentata da Silvio Berlusconi nei confronti dei giudici che lo stanno processando per il caso Mills. Giudici che sabato prossimo, dopo la conclusione delle arringhe.......

Redditi, cresce la richiesta di trasparenza

Source country GazzettaDelSud Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:26:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FightagainstFraud] corruzione[2];

Entities: Fabio Rampelli[1]; Filippo Patroni Griffi[1]; Antonio Di Pietro[2];

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Riuscirà l'operazione trasparenza del governo a «contagiare» istituzioni e pubblica amministrazione? Difficile dire, il giorno dopo la pubblicazione on-line dei redditi di premier, ministri e sottosegretari. Stamani, per iniziare, il ministro Filippo Patroni Griffi porterà in commissione alla Camera un primo elenco relativo ai super-manager....

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