Saudi prince denies receiving BAE &#39;backhanders&#39;
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Saudi Arabia&#39;s Prince Bandar bin Sultan on Thursday reportedly denied receiving improper payments from British defence firm BAE in connection with Britain&#39;s biggest arms contract.
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LONDON, June 7 -- Prince Bandar bin Sultan, a member of Saudi Arabia's royal family and the kingdom's former ambassador to the United States, pocketed about $2 billion in secret payments as part of a $80 billion arms deal between Britain and Saudi Arabia first signed in 1985, British media reported...
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A prominent Saudi dissident said Wednesday that authorities had not contacted him about a move in the United Nations to impose international sanctions against him.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair defended a controversial decision by the government to halt an investigation into a multibillion dollar arms deal between BAE Systems PLC and "key ally" Saudi Arabia on Friday.
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Home Secretary David Blunkett has denied abusing his position to help fast-track a visa application for a friend's nanny
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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah said Britain failed to act on intelligence from his country which may have stopped the London bombings, before arriving here Monday for a controversial state visit.
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Prince Harry will not make a public apology for his scuffle with a photographer outside a London nightclub, his spokesman said.
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LONDON  -- The government said on Friday it was considering a request for cooperation from United States investigators who are probing alleged corruption at BAE Systems, including in its dealings with Saudi Arabia. The Home Office denied a report in the Guardian saying ministers were refusing to cooperate with the U.S. probe, launched in June, into the defense firm's compliance with anti-corruption laws. Washington sent the Home Office a formal request for legal assistance with its inquiry into BAE more than two months ago, the Guardian said. The Guardian said Home Secretary Jacqui Smith had refused to pass on the request to the Serious Fraud Office for processing, a step needed for SFO investigators to speak to U.S. authorities.
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Malaysia&#39;s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi denies he struck a deal with Anwar Ibrahim before the rebel politician was freed last week after nearly six years in jail.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- A senior Saudi royal ruled out direct elections to Saudi Arabia's unelected parliament in published comments, days after King Abdullah appeared to hold open the possibility.
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Prince Bandar bin Sultan -- at the centre of media reports that he received a huge commission for a multi-billion-dollar arms deal -- insists all the funds went to the Saudi government.
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LONDON -- A Saudi prince received millions of dollars for his own use as part of Britain's largest arms deal, the British Broadcasting Corp. said.
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Britain was powerless to respond to threats by Saudi Arabia that it would withdraw intelligence cooperation unless a corruption investigation into arms deals with BAE was halted, a lawyer for the Serious Fraud Office told the high court today
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Prime Minister John Howard has denied reports that he was not invited to attend the inauguration of Indonesia&#39;s president-elect, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, known as SBY.
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However, key members of the cleric&#39;s movement insisted terms of the deal had not been finalised. The claims and counterclaims followed an announcement Tuesday by prime minister Ayad Allawi that the basis of
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Britain&#39;s Prince Harry, struggling to shed a growing &quot;wild child&quot; image, won&#39;t apologize to a photographer he scuffled with outside an exclusive London nightclub, a royal spokesman said on Saturday.
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LONDON, June 7 -- Prince Bandar bin Sultan, a member of Saudi Arabia's royal family and the kingdom's former ambassador to the United States, pocketed about $2 billion in secret payments as part of an $80 billion arms deal between Britain and Saudi Arabia that was first signed in 1985, British media...