Word: abdicating
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...Tokhtakhounov is accused of manipulating results in the ice dancing and pairs skating events so that gold medals would be awarded to the French and the Russian teams, respectively. If convicted he faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine. SENTENCED. FIKRET (BABO) ABDIC, 63, once considered to be the richest man in Bosnia; to 20 years in prison for war crimes that led to the deaths of 121 civilians and three prisoners of war; in Karlovac, Croatia. Following the collapse of communist Yugoslavia, Abdic distanced himself from the Bosnian government and declared himself...