Anwar loses appeal on corruption charges
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Malaysia&#39;s Federal Court Wednesday upheld the conviction for corruption of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, blocking him from politics till 2008.
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Lawyers for Anwar Ibrahim, the former deputy prime minister of Malaysia, have launched a bid to clear his name. Mr Anwar was freed from jail on Thursday, after a conviction for sodomy was quashed by a Malaysian court.
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Aston Villa defender Zat Knight on Friday lost his appeal against his controversial red card at Chelsea.
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Former deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim claimed yesterday that Malaysia&#39;s highest court bent to government pressure in a ruling that bars his return to elected office before 2008, despite his recent release from prison.
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Malaysia&#39;s highest court refused to clear former deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim&#39;s criminal record Wednesday, leaving a longshot royal pardon as his last hope to
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James Traficant, a flamboyant former  congressman, lost an appeal on Monday seeking U.S. Supreme  Court review of his conviction on corruption charges and of his  eight-year prison sentence.
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Israel's High Court said on Thursday  it was upholding a decision by the country's attorney-general  to drop a bribery case against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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A Belfast businessman loses a case against the goverment involving a prime city centre site.
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Malaysian rebel politician Anwar Ibrahim failed yesterday in a final court bid to erase his criminal record and to immediately rejoin active politics, leaving a royal pardon as his only way back.
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The family of a Brazilian man mistakenly shot dead by British anti-terror police lost an appeal against a ruling not to charge the officers involved.
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Malaysia&#39;s highest court yesterday declined to overturn a conviction for corruption against former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.
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Malaysia's de facto opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, lost his bid on Wednesday for a legal showdown with his old enemy, former premier Mahathir Mohamad, whom he tried to sue for defamation.
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KUALA LUMPUR : The UMNO Supreme Council on Tuesday reached a decision not to bring back former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who was UMNO deputy president, into the party for now.
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A Nigerian court on Monday rejected a  legal challenge by the country's main opposition leader against  the landslide victory of President Olusegun Obasanjo in last  year's presidential elections.
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Malaysia&#39;s highest court is deciding whether it will review the graft conviction of opposition politician Anwar Ibrahim - just days after he was released from jail.
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Newly freed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has pressed his country&#39;s highest court to overturn his last criminal conviction, saying his opponents have &quot;no case&quot;.
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Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lost his appeal against the rejection of his nomination for next monthâs parliamentary elections, an official said.