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...Refuse to answer questions about her alleged welfare fraud...
...being hit with multibillion-dollar back-tax claims that its erstwhile owners say were part of a Kremlin campaign against them. A Moscow court last month sentenced Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former Yukos chief executive and a major shareholder, to nine years in jail on charges of tax evasion and fraud...
...assure you, I will never surrender." GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO, President of the Philippines, rejecting calls for her to resign amid allegations of election fraud...
...serious attempt by many of Africa's leaders to start fixing some of those problems. Countries such as Ghana and Mozambique, once riven by civil war and coups, have enjoyed tiger-like economic growth thanks to better leadership and foreign investment. Nigeria, whose name has become synonymous with fraud and scam artists, has started tackling corruption. And former advocates of "African socialism" such as Tanzania have embraced the free market and begun to grow. On balance, say Africa's boosters, much of the continent would now benefit from a "big bang" injection of aid and better trade conditions. Africa...
...stealing more than $500 million in cash and stock sales from the global manufacturing behemoth they built; after a four-month second trial (the first was declared a mistrial last year); in New York City. The jury found both men guilty of charges that include grand larceny, securities fraud and falsifying business records. Each faces up to 30 years in prison...