Blair Ally Arrested in Corruption Probe
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LONDON, Jan. 30 -- The chief fundraiser for Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor Party was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of hampering a police investigation into whether the party offered seats in the House of Lords and other government honors in exchange for cash.
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A senior ally of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was charged Monday with fraud, bribery and perjury in connection with appointments he made as a minister.
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A British oil trader was arrested Thursday on U.S. charges of paying bribes to Saddam Hussein as part of the discredited U.N. oil-for-food program for Iraq.
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British police arrested a British  citizen on Thursday who the United States accuses of  involvement in a scheme to pay kickbacks to Iraq in connection  with the scandal-plagued U.N. oil-for-food program.
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A man was arrested in the secure area outside the Prime Minister's residence in Downing Street, police say.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has been questioned by police probing allegations that his ruling Labour Party gave honours to financial backers.
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An inquiry into allegations Tony Blair's government traded political honors for cash intensified Tuesday as British media reported a senior Blair aide had expressed concerns the leader's chief fundraiser had attempted to influence her evidence to police.
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The son of former British Prime  Minister Margaret Thatcher was arrested in South Africa on  Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in a mercenary plot  against the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.
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An intruder with a knife was arrested inside the high-security grounds of Prime Minister Tony Blair's Downing Street residence late Sunday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's chief fundraiser was arrested for a second time Tuesday by police investigating whether political honors such as knighthoods and seats in the House of Lords were traded for cash.
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Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher&#39;s son, Mark, was arrested in South Africa early Wednesday in connection with the alleged plot to overthrow the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.
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Police said they arrested the chief executive of Beijing-backed China Aviation Oil&#39;s subsidiary in Singapore on Wednesday, following the company&#39;s announcement last week of massive trading losses.
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Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata is arrested in connection with an election asset declaration.
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Zimbabwe's attorney general faces corruption charges after being briefly detained over allegations he promised to help a fugitive banker who had fled the southern African nation avoid arrest, police said on Thursday.
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Zimbabwe's attorney general faces  corruption charges after being briefly detained over  allegations he promised to help a fugitive banker who had fled  the southern African nation avoid arrest, police said on  Thursday.
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One of Prime Minister Tony Blair's closest aides has been interviewed again by police probing alleged corruption in party political funding, Scotland Yard said Wednesday.
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Security forces arrested former Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia for corruption on Monday, underlining the interim government's drive to root out graft under an emergency rule imposed eight months ago.