Brazil President Silva Fined Over Funds
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An electoral court fined President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva $18,000 for using a public works project to promote a mayoral candidate from his party.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was battling to secure the votes needed to clinch an outright victory in Sunday's presidential election after public disgust over corrupt politics eroded his support in the final days of campaigning.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva struggled to avoid a run-off in Sunday's presidential election after public disgust over corrupt politics eroded his support in the final days of campaigning.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's opposition candidates   stepped up attacks on Thursday against President Luiz Inacio   Lula da Silva over corruption in an effort to trim the former   union leader's solid lead in the presidential election race.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - An Argentine court on  Wednesday charged former President Fernando de la Rua with  misusing public funds, three years after a public outcry forced  him to leave office early.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Stacks of dirty money nabbed in a botched smear campaign covered Brazil's front pages on Saturday as polls showed for the first time that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva could be forced to a second round run-off.
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By Tiago Pariz and Daniela Machado BRASILIA, Brazil  - A Brazilian congressionalprobe accused 91 people, including a former central bank chiefand an ex-mayor of Sao Paulo, on Tuesday of involvement insuspected laundering of money from drug trafficking, smugglingand other crimes.
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A Brazilian court fines Preisdent Lula da Silva for an impromptu, illegal election speech in Sao Paulo.
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Brazil's high court rules that a former top presidential aide should stand trial over a corruption scandal.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil, Oct. 1 -- President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the first round of Brazil's presidential election Sunday, but fell short of earning enough votes to avoid a runoff later this month against the second-place challenger.
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Political analysts are uncertain if BrazilÂs president, made vulnerable by another corruption scandal, will obtain the majority he needs to avoid a runoff.
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Brazil's Supreme Court vetoes a controversial 91% pay rise for congressional politicians.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must face a run-off election, one of his senior aides said, after a string of corruption scandals turned many voters against the incumbent in Sunday's presidential election.
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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio da Silva is weakened as two parties withdraw from his governing coalition.
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Brazilian government released federal budget figures Friday showing an unprecedented primary budget surplus of 10.9 billion reals (&#36;3.8 billion) in August, putting Brazil well ahead of performance targets set in a loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund.
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Illinois Senate candidate Alan Keyes' 2000 presidential campaign has been fined &#36;23,000 for campaign finance violations including taking excessive contributions.
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Brazil's president pledged a thorough investigation into the plane crash that killed as many as 200 people in a televised address Friday that aimed to blunt criticism of his response to the country's deadliest aviation accident.