Chirac questioned over party funding scam
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Former French president Jacques Chirac was questioned Thursday by a judge looking into a party funding scam dating from his time as mayor of Paris, judicial officials said.
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OTTAWA (CP) - It made for superb political theatre, but Jean Chretien's extraordinary appearance at the Gomery commission did little to shed new light on just how the scandal-plagued sponsorship program went so awfully wrong.
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France's market watchdog questioned the current and former heads of Vivendi Universal SA on Thursday in a final hearing before it decides on sanctions for misleading financial communications allegedly published by the company between 2000 and 2002.
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French President Jacques Chirac's critics allege he is trying to get his former legal adviser into a key post to escape being tried on corruption charges.
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Lawmakers are questioning whether a French bank failed to comply with U.S. money-laundering laws, possibly helping Saddam Hussein manipulate the &#36;60 billion U.N. oil-for-food program. The bank denies any wrongdoing.
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Filed under: General - site admin @ 9:29 am From the Scotsman . The lede: Long-standing rumours that the former French president Jacques Chirac holds a secret multi-million-euro bank account in Japan appear to ... via Austin Bay Blog
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Â· French president headed for showdown in Brussels  Â· He will demand greater political control over euro
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A plan by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to commemorate a young communist resistance hero shot by France's wartime Nazi occupiers has stirred controversy and sparked accusations of manipulation by the government.
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OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Paul Martin is facing renewed questions about his involvement in the federal sponsorship program. The questions come after former public works minister Alfonso Gagliano issued an open
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France's Segolene Royal stood accused of a fresh campaign blunder Wednesday after one of her top advisers disowned a text in which she harshly attacks President Jacques Chirac's Africa policy.Comment
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been questioned by police probing allegations that his ruling Labour Party gave honours to financial backers.
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British police questioned British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday in an investigation into allegations that state honors were handed out in return for loans to his party.
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The political fundraiser who found himself at the centre of cash-for-honours allegations has called for a change in the way political parties are funded.
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French transport commissioner Jacques Barrot is under pressure to explain to MEPs why he did not mention his involvement in a French political party funding scandal.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has  been questioned by police investigating whether political  parties awarded state honors in return for loans, his spokesman  said on Thursday.
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Reply by M. Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister, to a question in the National Assembly.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The political interference in the federal sponsorship program was so pervasive that it even prompted complaints from Alfonso Gagliano's former right-hand man, a public inquiry was told Monday.