Chinese official fired over graft
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The top Communist Party leader in Shanghai is dismissed for corruption, Chinese state media reports.
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China's Communist Party expels nine officials and businessmen over a big Shanghai corruption scandal.
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Chinese authorities have arrested or reprimanded more than 750 officials in recent months in connection with billions of dollars in financial irregularities, including unpaid taxes and embezzlement, according to a report made public Thursday.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki fired a top Sunni official Wednesday after he called for an international investigation into the rape allegations leveled by a Sunni Arab woman against three members of the Shiite-dominated security forces.
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China's ruling Communist Party said on   Tuesday a corruption scandal that has toppled Shanghai's party   chief could claim other officials, while the city's acting   chief warned subordinates to obey President Hu Jintao.
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China's top safety official has blasted "unscrupulous" mine owners and local officials after a string of accidents killed 88 miners in recent days, state media said Tuesday.
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D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty yesterday fired Gregg A. Pane, director of the Health Department, three years after Pane was selected by Anthony A. Williams, Fenty's predecessor, to run the long-troubled agency.
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The Iraqi National Congress has fired a senior official for visiting Israel, an INC spokesman said yesterday. Ahmed Chalabi&#39;s INC called an emergency meeting yesterday and fired Mithal al-Alousi
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A longtime local government worker is fired after she cooperates with an investigation of sexual harassment allegations against a high-ranking official. The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether federal civil rights law protects employees from such retaliation.
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10/20/04- Citigroup reportedly has fired 3 senior executives in connection with a scandal involving its private banking operations in Japan.
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The top Catholic official on Chinese soil has lashed out at Beijing, saying the ordinations last year of three bishops without Vatican approval were illegitimate and "acts of war".
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Shanghai's top Communist Party leader has been sacked over a major corruption scandal, China's state press said, although analysts suggested it could be part of a power play by President Hu Jintao.
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has effectively fired Prosecutor General Hennady Vasilyev.
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The state yesterday rehired the poster child for the mutual fund scandal and fired the industry's current golden child.
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The move is part of a government crackdown on graft by ChinaÂs president that has focused on prominent political opponents.
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About 4,000 corrupt Chinese officials have fled abroad in the past two decades, taking with them ill-gotten funds totaling more than &#36;600 million.
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BEIJING -- Chinese authorities have arrested or reprimanded more than 750 officials in recent months in connection with billions of dollars in financial irregularities ranging from unpaid taxes to embezzlement, according to a report made public yesterday.