Britain stops weapons probe to save Saudi deal
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British fraud investigators have stopped a probe into a multi-billion pound arms deal with Saudi Arabia, the country's attorney general said after Riyadh warned it would cancel the deal.
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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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Tony Blair says he accepts responsibility for the the Â£43bn BAE arms deal that allegedly involved more than Â£1bn of secret payments to Saudi prince.
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The British government on Monday took the unusual step of denying it had leaked details relating to a police corruption probe that has seen gagging orders sought or threatened against the media.
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The attorney general denies reports a fraud probe into a Saudi arms deal was dropped due to Downing St pressure.
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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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Should Blighty piss off the Saudis, or Uncle Sam? The US government has asked for full cooperation with its investigation into Saudi-BAE arms deals from the British Home Office, and Whitehall is considering its response. The US Department of Justice has asked officials to hand over all documents related to BAE's payments to Saudi royals.â¦
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Britain failed to act on information passed to it by Saudi Arabia which might have helped prevent suicide bombings in London in 2005 that killed 52 people, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah said on Monday.
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Britain&#39;s top legal officer denied Friday that he concealed large payments made to a Saudi prince from an international anti-bribery watchdog probing a giant arms deal.
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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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Tony Blair today defended the decision to stop a Serious Fraud Office inquiry into the Â£43bn arms deal.
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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...
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has come under fire after fraud investigators stopped a probe into a weapons deal with Saudi Arabia due to concerns it would damage Britain's national interests.
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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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British Airways is to halt its flights from London Heathrow to Jeddah and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, because of reduced demand.
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Britain on Wednesday backed a US call to the United Nations to freeze the assets of a London-based Saudi dissident who Washington says has provided support for al Qaeda.
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Bureaucratic wrangling between India and Australia is hampering the inquiry into the failed UK bomb attacks.