Scandals put dent in Silva's appeal
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SAO PAULO -- President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces a tough runoff election later this month after his stunning fall from prohibitive favorite to co-survivor in a Sunday's presidential contest.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Candidates in Brazil's   presidential race assailed each other over crime and corruption   in the final weekend of campaigning but opposition hopes that a   "dirty tricks" scandal would derail President Luiz Inacio Lula   da Silva's charge to victory looked to be fading.
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Reports due this week and two court cases reveal more about how high up the scandal goes.
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Brazilians are due to vote as President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's poll lead narrows amid corruption allegations.
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Pakistanâs recent past is a numbing rush of political scandals and upheavals -- an environment in which a leaderâs clothing decisions would seem hardly worth attention.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz   Inacio Lula da Silva would win the October 1 presidential   election outright despite a smear campaign scandal that forced   several of his top aides to resign this week, two polls showed   on Saturday.
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A grade school dropout and ex-factory worker, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vividly recalls his struggle to survive in Brazil's backwoods and urban squalor. Now, Silva hopes to lead a global crusade to help the world's needy.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces a month of high-stakes campaigning against an inspired challenger who will try to hammer on corruption scandals to unseat the former metalworker in a runoff vote.
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Federal prosecutors in Brazil say they have identified 137 politicians and more than 400 officials involved in a corruption scandal.
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Sport: Premier League bosses under pressure after Stevens inquiry uncovers irregularities.
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Fifteen people convicted of corruption charges in the oil giant Elf Aquitaine scandal are appealing.
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As the ANC gathers to elect its leader, a new round of corruption allegations are leveled against the leading contender, Jacob Zuma
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The Portuguese football club that Chelsea coach JosÃ© Mourinho turned into European champions is at the centre of a huge corruption scandal involving claims that referees were bribed to fix matches.
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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio da Silva is weakened as two parties withdraw from his governing coalition.
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A mayor whose administration is under federal investigation. An alderman who just got hit with a federal bribery charge. Four politicians who served time for corruption and want their old jobs back.
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Critics accuse Guyana's government of turning a blind eye to the cocaine flowing through this South American nation to the United States and Europe. But those allegations seemed unlikely to hurt President Bharrat Jagdeo's chances for re-election Monday.
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The request is from Equatorial Africa over alleged ties to a plot to oust the president. CAPE TOWN -- South Africa is considering a request by Equatorial Guinea to question Mark Thatcher about his alleged