Nigerian Senate begins debating panel report on corruption
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The Nigerian Senate has begun examining a panel report that indicted Vice President Atiku Abubakar of corruption and criticized his boss President Olusegun Obasanjo but fell short of indicting him.
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Polish MPs begin their inquiry into alleged corruption in the sale of banks in the 1990s by criticising the banking system.
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A Japanese government panel begins work on whether to recommend women be allowed to take the throne.
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A new survey by Transparency International (TI), an anti-graft organisation, also rated Nigeria, Chad, Myanmar, Azerbaijan and Paraguay among the world&#39;s most corrupt nations.
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Nigerian Anglicans are examining a report by a special commission that criticized US Anglicans for ordaining a gay bishop. The controversy has threatened to split the Anglican Church and is not yet over.
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Iraq made more than $21bn from corrupt oil and other deals, a US Senate panel hears - more than twice as much as previously thought.
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U.S. Democratic Rep. William Jefferson could be indicted as early as Monday on corruption charges in an investigation that included an unprecedented search of his congressional office last year, two law enforcement officials said.
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A growing number of senators are questioning whether the Senate should abandon pledges to make far-reaching changes to the nation's intelligence bureaucracy before Election Day, doubts that could dampen the bill's momentum.
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Nigeria's Senate says it is considering penalties against a unit of Shell for refusing to pay a $1.5bn pollution order.
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Nigeria accused a top U.S. State  Department diplomat of disrespecting the African country's  leadership on Wednesday after she dismissed a high-level  corruption feud as political muckraking.
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Nigeria's senate is considering penalties against Shell for refusing to pay a $1.5bn pollution order.
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Asked to investigate Sen. Larry Craig's conduct in an airport men's room and the aftermath, the Senate's ethics committee must judge him on an intentionally vague standard
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The Senate in Nigeria reportedly passes a motion requiring Shell's operation in the country to pay $1.5bn in compensation to oilfield communities.
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Makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx and the FDA are the subject of Senate scrutiny today...and an Iowa Senator is asking the tough questions.
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Documents purported to be transcripts of top-level ruling party meetings with ministers discussing intimidating opposition leaders and rigging votes in the Senate have surfaced ahead of Romania's Sunday ...
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Thai coup leaders have set up a panel   to investigate allegations of corruption in government projects   under ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and seize   personal assets if it finds them true.
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A bipartisan consensus to dramatically alter the U.S. military mission in Iraq began to emerge in the Senate yesterday, but no specific approach has yet attracted the broad support necessary for a veto-proof majority.