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Ousted Thai PM Yingluck to fight order to pay $1 bn INTERNATIONAL

Ousted Thai PM Yingluck to fight order to pay $1 bn

Ousted Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra said Friday she would fight a junta order demanding she personally pay nearly $1 billion in compensation for a rice policy critics say was riddled with graft.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pilgrims throng Makkah ahead of Haj ASIA

Pilgrims throng Makkah ahead of Haj

Close to 1.5mn Muslims from around the world descended on Thursday on Saudi Arabia for the annual Haj pilgrimage, undeterred by last year's stampede disaster but with Iranians absent.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Lanka extends graft probe panel term INTERNATIONAL

Lanka extends graft probe panel term

The Sri Lankan cabinet yesterday extended the term of the country’s anti-corruption panel...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Malaysia’s graft scandal-hit PM sacks party critics INTERNATIONAL

Malaysia’s graft scandal-hit PM sacks party critics

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak sacked two senior party members critical of his handling of a financial scandal yesterday

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Clashes erupt as Lula graft hearing suspended INTERNATIONAL

Clashes erupt as Lula graft hearing suspended

Supporters and opponents of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva clashed in street protests yesterday after the suspension of planned questioning in an investigation into a beach apartment that prosecutors say was given to the former president by a company involved in a major corruption scandal.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Graft claims baseless, says Chandy as probe ordered INTERNATIONAL

Graft claims baseless, says Chandy as probe ordered

In a day of dramatic twists, a court in Kerala handling corruption in public offices ordered a probe into the bribery allegations involving Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and his senior colleague Aryadan Mohamed.

4:45 AM November 25 2016