Sponsorship probe could undermine bureaucrat&#39;s fraud trial, says ...
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MONTREAL (CP) - The May 2 trial date for the former head of the federal sponsorship program is too close to a potentially damaging inquiry and may undermine his trial, his lawyer said Monday.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - The trial of an Alaska politician accused of taking bribes from the oil industry has offered a glimpse into more widespread corruption in the state's government.
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On the eve of a $280 billion  racketeering trial of major cigarette makers, political and  legal uncertainties are still seen hanging over the U.S.  government's long-awaited case.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The country's top civil servant says former prime minister Jean Chretien wasn't legally accountable for the way federal sponsorship money was spent.
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Charges of vote trading and unethical fundraising against majority leader DeLay may curb his ability to raise money.
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Senior officer in charge of criminal investigation claims officials treated him as a political problem.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The sponsorship scandal that did so much to reduce the federal Liberals to minority government is back to haunt them - just as Prime Minister Paul Martin prepares for the fall parliamentary session.
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OTTAWA - A bureaucrat who approved $24 million worth of contracts for the federal government&#39;s sponsorship program admits he never checked to make sure the documents were in order.
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OTTAWA -- The man who ran the scandal-plagued federal sponsorship program begins testifying Wednesday at the inquiry looking into the affair.
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Officials said State Department investigators lacked the authority to offer the deals and that they could complicate efforts to prosecute the firmâs employees.
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Â· Party boss likely to face more corruption charges  Â· Case would hamper presidential ambitions
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Chuck Guite, the man who ran the federal sponsorship program in its early years, began testifying Wednesday at the inquiry looking into the affair.
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MONTREAL - The civil servant who ran the federal sponsorship program and two top advertising executives will face fraud charges in Quebec Superior Court next May.
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OTTAWA - Prime Minister Paul Martin is expected to testify at the Gomery public inquiry into the federal sponsorship program, an inquiry spokesman said Tuesday.
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An inquiry into corruption that led to the sacking of a top official may implicate others, Chinese officials say.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The head of the sponsorship inquiry accused a top accounting firm Wednesday of watering down a 1996 report on federal advertising projects.
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Michael Rains, the criminal defense lawyer for Barry Bonds, is attempting to discredit the governmentâs investigation of Bonds just as a new federal prosecutor steps in to oversee the inquiry.