Edwards Trial on Campaign Finance Begins
April 23, 2012
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Testimony in the federal corruption trial of former Senator John Edwards began Monday with the man on whom much of the government’s case hinges, Andrew Young, a former campaign staff member once so close to Mr. Edwards that he claimed paternity of the child Mr. Edwards had tried to hide.
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Jail terms in Kanerva corruption case
April 18, 2012
Controversial former government minister and National Coalition Party MP Ilkka Kanerva has been given a 15-month suspended prison sentence for his part in a bribery case. His co-defendants received sentences of up to six years
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Iraq Election Official’s Arrest Casts Doubt on Prospect for Fair Voting
April 16, 2012
BAGHDAD — In making the optimistic case for the development of democracy here, American officials typically point to the 2010 parliamentary elections, which were judged largely free and fair by international monitors including the United Nations. But with the arrest of the head of Iraq’s election commission, the prospect for fair elections has been thrown into question.