Taiwan first lady cleared of graft
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The wife of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian is cleared of wrongdoing in a corruption scandal, prosecutors say.
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Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been cleared of corruption in two controversial international deals after the country's anti-graft body said it found no evidence of wrongdoing.
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A court in Milan today cleared the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, of corruption charges, but dropped a key corruption charge against him because time had run out.
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MILAN, Italy  - A court cleared Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of corruption charges in his long-running trial Friday, sparing Italy the embarrassment of having its leader convicted of bribing judges.
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MANILA - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pardoned her ousted predecessor yesterday, a move that drew praise as a step toward political reconciliation and scorn as an opportunistic maneuver that endorses corruption.
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McLaren are cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation into whether they used team orders in the Monaco Grand Prix.
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Taiwan released on Friday the full report by a top US forensic expert on the election-eve shooting of President Chen Shui-bian but it offered few clues on who was responsible for the mysterious attack.
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A court cleared Premier Silvio Berlusconi of corruption charges in his long-running trial Friday, sparing Italy the embarrassment of having its leader convicted of bribing judges.
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First Amendment protects Pennsylvania bog-cuss woman In what will undoubtedly be viewed by future generations as an landmark ruling, the Pennsylvania housewife charged with disorderly conduct for letting forth a stream of abuse during an overflowing toilet emergency has been acquitted, AP reports.â¦
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Italy's top court Friday definitively cleared former prime minister Giulio Andreotti of charges that he had links to the Mafia.
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McLaren are cleared of any wrongdoing following an official investigation into whether they used team orders in the Monaco Grand Prix.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, Sept. 21 -- Vice President Annette Lu and two other senior figures from Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party were charged Friday with corruption and forgery, the latest in a series of scandals that have created turmoil in President Chen Shui-bian's independence-minded gove...
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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was acquitted of corruption charges in a Milan court Friday, after a decade-long legal battle.
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The wife of Taiwan's embattled president Chen Shui-bian has collapsed and was taken to hospital for checks just after the start of her high-profile trial on corruption and forgery charges.
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A Chilean appeals court on Friday dropped corruption charges against former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet's widow and four of his children, who had been accused of misuse of state funds related to multimillion-dollar overseas bank accounts.
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ON TUESDAY, Singapore&#39;s highest-ranking United Nations official was cleared of sexual harassment and favouritism allegations. But instead of giving closure to an unfortunate situation, a wire report on Friday
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The only Indonesian jailed for abuses during East Timor's violence-marred independence vote has been cleared on appeal in a move that has angered rights groups and embarrassed the Jakarta government.