Philippine president pardons ousted nemesis
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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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Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after an anti-graft court found him guilty of plunder and barred him from holding public office again.
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MANILA: Deposed Philippines leader Joseph Estrada on Wednesday used the funeral of his movie star friend and defeated presidential candidate, Fernando Poe, to attack the incumbent president.
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Two court martial in the Philippines put spotlight on the army's alleged corruption.
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was described as "evil" in a Senate inquiry into official corruption on Monday, the most personal attack yet in a spiraling scandal.
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pardoned her ousted predecessor Thursday, a move that drew praise as an olive branch toward political reconciliation and scorn as an opportunistic maneuver that endorses corruption.
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Jordan's King Abdullah II on Saturday pardoned two Islamist lawmakers who had been convicted of stirring sectarian strife for their praise of the slain al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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Argentina's Supreme Court revokes a pardon granted to a former general accused of human rights abuses.
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Ethiopia has pardoned 38 opposition politicians and activists sentenced to various prison terms, including life, for inciting violence in an attempt to overthrow the government, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said.
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The jailed leaders of last year&#39;s failed military rebellion against Philippine President Gloria Arroyo have apologized for the incident.
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A leading South African anti-apartheid campaigner jailed for fraud is handed a presidential pardon.
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Joseph Estrada rose from an obscure bit player to a major national film star then blew the biggest role of his life -- president of the Philippines.
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The South Korean president issues pardons to 400 businessmen and politicians convicted of financial crimes.
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, facing mounting calls for her resignation, vowed on Thursday to complete her term in office and not get derailed by a brewing kickbacks scandal.
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Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir on Monday pardoned 30 opposition members accused of plotting against the state and ordered their immediate release.
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Ex-general Lino Oviedo, convicted of plotting to overthrow Paraguay's government, is freed on parole.
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NEWARK, New Jersey  - A former top police official in the Philippines who admitted receiving classified information stolen from U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's office was sentenced to more than six years in prison on Tuesday.