China brings graft charges against top general: media

BEIJING, APApril 1, 2014, 12:09 am TWN

Chinese prosecutors brought corruption charges Monday against a top general, state media reported, in a case highlighting abuse of power in the country’s vast military.
The Xinhua News Agency said a military prosecutor charged Lt. Gen. Gu Juns…
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Former senior military officer faces graft charge

BEIJING – Gu Junshan, a former senior military logistics officer, was charged with embezzlement, bribery, misuse of state funds and abuse of power, said China’s military procuratorate here Monday.
Gu was deputy head of the General Logistics Department of the People’s…
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Turkey to vote in crucial local elections amid graft scandal and social media ban

With Twitter bans, YouTube blocks, damning leaks and a ‘shadow government’ pulling strings behind the scenes, municipal elections in Turkey are only the beginning of a crucial 15-month voting cycle that could determine Turkey’s future for decades to come.Read Full Article at RT.com
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​Who was behind the Gezi protests and the Dec. 17 graft probe?

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Senior executives of state publishers under graft investigation

BEIJING – Three senior executives of state-owned publishing houses were under graft investigation, said China’s discipline inspection agency.
The three executives were Wang Junguo, vice president of the China Publishing Group Corp (CPGC), Luo Zhengyu, general manager of the…
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Former governor of Louisiana who was jailed for graft to run for Congress

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China cancels Thai rice deal amid graft probe

APFebruary 5, 2014, 12:14 am TWN

BANGKOK — China has canceled a deal to buy more than a million tons of rice from Thailand due to a probe into the beleaguered Thai government’s subsidies for rice growers.
Thai Commerce Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan told a news conf…
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Erdogan vows Turkish graft affair will fail to topple him

Sun Dec 29, 2013 9:58am EST

* Erdogan defiant after demonstrations rock Istanbul

* Clerical rival Gulen promises Turks better days

By Seda Sezer and Dan Williams

ISTANBUL, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan swore on Sunday he would survive a…
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China indicts ex-politician Bo Xilai for graft

FILE – In this March 5, 2012 file photo, then Chongqing Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai scratches his chin during the opening session of the National People’s Congress in Beijing. Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai was indicted Thursday, July 25, 2013, on charges of…
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