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PARIS, Sept 24, 2014 (AFP) - An investigation launched in July against former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence-peddling has been suspended, days after he dramatically announced his political comeback.

Born in a blue-collar Istanbul neighbourhood, Recep Tayyip Erdogan became modern Turkey's most powerful prime minister but is now under fire over corruption claims and an autocratic leadership style.

Facing charges of corruption in the Rafale deal, PM Modi, on Tuesday, tabled his government's report on its fight against corruption at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas event in Varanasi. Speaking at the event, Modi also used a famous remark by former PM Rajiv Gandhi to launch an attack on the Congress.

Tehran, YJC. Ayatollah says satellite channels are trying to corrupt the Iranian society.

ANKARA, July 22, 2014 (AFP) - Turkish authorities on Tuesday arrested 55 senior police officers in a criminal probe over alleged corruption and abuse of office, the latest apparent crackdown on opponents of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of presidential polls, television reports said.

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, dogged by months of street protests and corruption claims, faces a key ballot box test when his Islamic-rooted party contests local elections Sunday.

An Egyptian court Wednesday sentenced deposed president Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison on corruption charges, in one of two trials after the 2011 uprising that ended his rule.

The shocking extent of America's failure to build a safe and secure Afghanistan is laid bare in a newly published report. It spells out in explicit detail the mind-boggling corruption and incompetence that doomed the mission. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has issued a withering review of American reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, outlining several "lessons learned" from the calamity

America's rape culture has been thriving for years, as the broken and corrupt system that is supposed to provide justice to victims protects predators