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  • 04/08/2011 | Argentina

    Justice Argibay considers Zaffaroni scandal to be 'a private matter'

    Justice Carmen Argibay assured that the scandal affecting Judge Eugenio Zaffaroni “is a private matter” and it “doesn’t affect the Supreme Court in the least.” She said, however, that Zaffaroni “will have to provide an explanation eventually.”

  • 28/05/2011 | Argentina

    Gov't distances self from Schocklender scandal

    The Government distanced itself from the speculation surrounding the alleged irregularities and resignation of the former financial manager of the human rights organization Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Sergio Schocklender, assuring that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner “has nothing to be worried about.”

  • 30/05/2011 | Argentina

    'Involving Bonafini in this scandal is a rotten thing to do,' Schocklender says

    The former lawyer for the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo foundation, Sergio Schocklender, insisted that involving the organization’s head, Hebe de Bonafini, in the controversy surrounding his alleged mismanagement of the foundation’s funds “is a rotten thing to do,” assuring that his money “didn’t come from the Mothers but from his honest work.”

  • 02/08/2011 | Argentina

    Alfonsín on Zaffaroni scandal: 'he should resign'

    UCR presidential candidate Ricardo Alfonsín commented on the recent scandal involving Justice Raúl Zaffaroni after news broke that several of the properties he owns are used as brothels by their tenants. “He should resign,” Alfonsín said. 

  • 13/11/2012 | World

    Scandal widens: Top US General under investigation

    The top US commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, is under investigation for alleged inappropriate communication with a woman at the center of the scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus, a senior US defense official said.

  • 31/01/2013 | World

    Spain corruption scandal turns up heat on PM Rajoy

    Spain's ruling People's Party denied that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and other leaders received payments from a slush fund after a newspaper published what it said were secret party accounts.

  • 01/02/2013 | World

    Dozens of students withdraw in Harvard cheating scandal

    As many as 60 students have been forced to withdraw from Harvard University after cheating on a final exam last year in what has become the largest academic scandal to hit the Ivy League school in recent memory.

  • 24/09/2012 | World

    Graft scandal forces out head of Italy's Lazio region

    The governor of Italy's Lazio region resigned over a corruption scandal that could increase political instability in debt-plagued Italy before elections due next year.

  • 12/11/2012 | World

    BBC head of news 'steps aside' over abuse scandal

    The two most senior figures at BBC News stepped aside today a day after the chairman of the broadcaster's governing body said it needed a radical overhaul to survive a child sex abuse scandal, it said.

  • 12/11/2012 | World

    Identity of second woman emerges in Petraeus' downfall

    New details emerged about the extramarital affair that abruptly ended the career of CIA chief David Petraeus, including the identity of a second woman whose complaints about harassing emails from the woman with whom he had the relationship, Paula Broadwell, prompted an FBI investigation.

  • 28/05/2012 | World

    Vatican says trust in church hurt by leaks scandal

    The faith of Roman Catholics in their Church has been damaged by a scandal over leaked documents in which the pope's butler has been arrested, the Vatican said today.

  • 02/07/2012 | World

    Barclays chairman quits over rate-fixing scandal

    Barclays Plc chairman Marcus Agius quit today, saying "the buck stops with me" after an interest rate rigging scandal that has dealt "a devastating blow" to the bank's reputation.

  • 17/07/2012 | World

    Mexico bank regulator defends role in HSBC scandal

    Mexico's banking regulator defended its role in a money laundering scandal engulfing HSBC Holdings Plc, saying it had repeatedly told the bank to improve lax controls over suspect funds passing through its accounts.

  • 29/02/2012 | World

    James Murdoch gives up News International chairman role

    News Corp said today that James Murdoch, the younger son of chairman Rupert, would relinquish his position as executive chairman of its News International unit.

  • 15/04/2012 | World

    Scandal mars Obama's wooing of Latin America

    A prostitution scandal involving US security personnel in Colombia and an unprecedented regional push to end the isolation of Cuba threatened to eclipse President Barack Obama's charm offensive to Latin America.

  • 19/05/2012 | World

    Murdoch denies planning to spin off UK newspapers

    Rupert Murdoch has denied reports that News Corp is considering spinning off its British newspapers to protect the rest of his media empire from a phone hacking scandal.

  • 13/10/2011 | World

    French prosecutors drop Strauss-Kahn sex assault probe

    French public prosecutors dropped an investigation into a writer's accusation of attempted rape against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn due to lack of evidence.

  • 12/11/2011 | World

    Italy vote clears way for Berlusconi resignation

    Italy's parliament gave final approval to a financial stability law today, paving the way for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to resign and make way for an emergency government headed by former European Commissioner Mario Monti.

  • 03/02/2012 | World

    UK energy secretary quits over criminal charges after committing speeding offence

    British Energy Secretary Chris Huhne resigned after learning he would face criminal charges for allegedly lying to police, a fall from grace that could tweak the dynamics of the coalition government and weaken its environmental agenda.

  • 20/07/2011 | World

    Cameron 'regrets' hiring scandal-hit tabloid editor

    British Prime Minister David Cameron, defending his integrity in an emergency debate in parliament, said he regretted the uproar caused by his hiring of a former newspaper editor at the heart of a phone-hacking scandal.

  • 14/08/2011 | World

    Merkel's party hit by scandal in North German state

    Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats suffered a setback today when a regional leader was forced to resign over his affair with a 16-year-old girl.

  • 29/09/2011 | World

    Strauss-Kahn meets accuser at Paris hearing

    Dominique Strauss-Kahn emerged smiling from a two-hour meeting with French woman Tristane Banon who has accused him of trying to rape her in 2003, in a legal confrontation that will help to determine whether the case is upheld.

  • 11/07/2011 | World

    BBC reports News Corp tabloid bought royal contacts from police

    The News of the World newspaper bought contact details about the royal family from a policeman, the BBC reported today, deepening the scandal engulfing the News Corp media empire.

  • 17/07/2011 | World

    Britain's top policeman quits over hacking scandal

    Britain's top police chief resigned and the former head of Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper business was arrested  over a phone-hacking scandal that is lapping at Prime Minister David Cameron's door.

  • 18/07/2011 | World

    Cameron to fly home as corruption storm builds

    David Cameron cut short a trip to Africa and will fly home on Tuesday to defend himself from a scandal that has battered Rupert Murdoch's media empire, forced British police chiefs to resign and raised doubts about the prime minister's judgment.

  • 16/06/2011 | World

    Weiner resigns after photo scandal

    US Representative Anthony Weiner, snared in a humiliating flap for sending lewd photos of himself to women online, resigned, ending a weeks-long scandal that made his fellow Democrats cringe.

  • 06/07/2011 | World

    Strauss-Kahn accuser asks prosecutor to step down

    The New York prosecutor under fire for his handling of the sexual assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was hit with a new salvo when lawyers for the accuser asked him to leave the case and appoint a special prosecutor.

  • 11/07/2011 | World

    French police interview Strauss-Kahn accuser Banon

    French police today interviewed a French writer who accuses former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape in 2003, her lawyer and judicial sources said.

  • 25/05/2011 | World

    Geithner: Lagarde and Carstens 'credible' for IMF

    Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said France's Christine Lagarde and Mexico's Agustin Carstens are both "credible" candidates to lead the International Monetary Fund, but he wants the candidate who can earn the broadest support.

  • 05/06/2011 | World

    Strauss-Kahn to plead not guilty in New York

    Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will plead not guilty to charges he tried to rape a New York hotel maid before Judge Michael Obus today.

  • 11/06/2011 | World

    Berlusconi faces another test with Italy referendums

    Italians vote in four referendums on Sunday and Monday that could strike a new blow against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is still stinging from heavy local election losses last month.

  • 20/05/2011 | World

    Strauss-Kahn soon set for release on bail

    Strauss-Kahn, a global high-flier seen as having a strong shot at the French presidency until his recent arrest, spent the last of four nights at New York's notorious Rikers Island jail. A set of conditions have been set for him to be released on bail, which is expected to be today.

  • 23/05/2011 | World

    Strauss-Kahn's letter to the IMF staff: he denies charges, apologizes

    In a letter to IMF staff circulated today, former IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn strongly denied charges against him and called the events around his arrest on attempted rape "a personal nightmare."

  • 23/05/2011 | World

    Text: Strauss-Kahn farewell letter to IMF staff

    The following is the full text of a letter from former International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn to IMF staff.

  • 15/05/2011 | World

    Local elections to test Berlusconi's grip on power

    Italians voted in local elections that will show whether a sex scandal, three corruption trials and a stagnating economy have seriously damaged Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi two years before the end of his term.

  • 16/05/2011 | World

    Judge denies bail to IMF chief in sex assault case

    IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was denied bail on charges he attempted to rape a hotel maid, a crushing blow for the man until recently seen as a front-runner for the French presidency and who oversaw world finance.

  • 19/05/2011 | World

    Strauss-Kahn arrives at court for bail hearing

    Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is charged with trying to rape a hotel maid, arrived at a New York court building for a bail hearing.

  • 20/12/2010 | World

    Church must reform after abuse scandal, pope says

    Pope Benedict called for a re-examination of the Church's message and practices to enable it to learn from the scandal of the sexual abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests.

  • 10/02/2011 | World

    US politicians, press respond to Congressman Lee scandal

    Following the news which broke out yesterday about Congressman Chris Lee’s Internet dating scandal, local politicians and colleagues have spoken out about the very public case of almost infidelity, which caused the now Ex- Republican Representative to resign from his post almost immediately after the news spread.

  • 29/03/2011 | World

    Clooney called as witness in Berlusconi sex trial

    Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has called Hollywood star George Clooney among his defence witnesses when he goes on trial next month accused of sleeping with an under aged prostitute, court documents said.

  • 04/12/2011 | Latin America

    Brazil labour minister quits amid scandal

    Brazil's Labour Minister Carlos Lupi resigned in the face of mounting corruption allegations, the latest in a series of scandal-driven departures from President Dilma Rousseff's cabinet.

  • 11/12/2012 | Latin America

    'Lula knew about vote buying scheme,' convicted bagman

    Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva knew about and used funds from a far-reaching vote-buying scheme to pay for personal expenses, according to testimony by a convicted former consultant to the ruling Workers' Party.

  • 22/01/2012 | Sports

    Joe Paterno, revered coach tainted by scandal, dies

    Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, the winningest coach in major college football history who was fired in November over a child sexual abuse scandal involving an assistant that rocked America, died on Sunday of lung cancer. He was 85.

  • 02/04/2012 | Sports

    Nine former Bari players in match-fixing probe

    Former Bari defender Andrea Masiello, now playing for Atalanta, was arrested in connection with alleged match-fixing in Serie A last season, the Italian federation (FIGC) said.

  • 11/05/2012 | Entertainment

    Travolta should survive sex scandal

    John Travolta may be the subject of a $2 million assault and sexual battery lawsuit, but there is little likelihood the allegations will ruin the Hollywood star's career, celebrity image experts said on Friday.

  • 22/06/2012 | Entertainment

    Travolta sued for libel as gay claims resurface

    A Los Angeles man who wrote a book about his alleged gay encounters with John Travolta filed a libel lawsuit on Thursday against the actor and his attorney.


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