A Brazilian transsexual caught up
in a political scandal that prompted the resignation of Italian governor Piero
Marrazzo was found burnt to death in a Rome apartment on Friday. Magistrates are treating the case as murder.
Former Vivendi Universal head Jean-Marie Messier appeared before a New York court Friday for his alleged role in deceiving about one million shareholders about the state of the company’s finances between 2000 and 2002.
In this edition: British net users complain about the bonuses received by civil servants at the MoD; the Web echoes the combat of women against climate change; and videos show the jubilation of soldiers' dogs as their masters return home.
Though failing to ensure passage of a critical electoral bill, the 275 members of Iraq's parliament have voted to grant themselves lavish perks, including a major pay rise that has sparked outrage among leading clerics and the wider population.
Piero Marrazzo, a prominent opposition politician, resigned on Saturday after police were accused of blackmailing him with a video allegedly showing him with a transsexual. His Democratic Party was hoping Sunday's primary would revive its fortunes.
Following an independent review of the expenses scandal that rocked British politics, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been ordered to pay back more than 12,000 pounds, his office confirmed Monday.
Frédéric Mitterrand, the French culture minister facing pressure to resign over a book in which he describes paying for "boys" in Thailand, has threatened to take legal action over what he describes as a "campaign of insensitive calumny".
France's Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand has denied being a paedophile in an emotional television appearance in which he admitted paying for sex with 'boys' in Thailand. He rejected calls for his resignation.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (photo) said the country’s justice and interior ministers had submitted their resignations Wednesday over a gambling bill corruption scandal dubbed “Blackjack-gate”.
The Clearstream trial now making its way through the courts is just the latest of many high-profile scandals that have plagued France's political elite in past decades. But justice often seems blind when it comes to prosecuting French officials.
