The court-appointed liquidator in the Madoff fraud case has revealed that the victims of his fraud have lost 21.2 billion dollars, far more than the previously estimated 13 billion dollars.
The Taliban called on Saturday for a boycott of the upcoming run-off in Afghanistan's presidential election and threatened violence against anyone who participates.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has arrested Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon hedge fund, for his alleged part in a $20 million insider trading scheme. Former and present executives from IBM, McKinsey and Intel have also been charged.
With Afghanistan's UN electoral watchdog poised to announce within days the result of a vote-rigging probe into the August 20 presidential ballot, we look back at the build-up to one of the country's most disputed votes.
Fraud in the August Afghan presidential election was "significant" and spread beyond the south of the country, the United Nations special representative to Afghanistan has said.
Gabon's constitutional court has started to recount the votes in the presidential election held on August 30.
Opposition candidates Andre Mba Obame and Pierre Manboundou hope the recount will cancel the disputed election of Ali Bongo.
Bernard Madoff claims he ran his multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme alone, but close family members face lawsuits this week as the probe widens, according to a government-appointed trustee.
Gabon's constitutional court has announced a recount of all of the votes in the presidential election held on August 30. Scheduled for September 29, the recount was prompted by official challenges from opponents of president-elect Ali Bongo.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says a probe into irregularities in the August 20 presidential vote should continue but downplayed the allegations by saying that fraud “happens all over the world”.
Full preliminary results for Afghanistan's disputed Aug. 20 presidential election give incumbent Hamid Karzai (pictured) 54.6% of the vote, to rival Abdullah Abdullah's 27.8%. Final results could be weeks away due to a recount order.
