Bay Ledger News Zonebill@blnz.comtag:www.blnz.com,2009:topics/investigationstag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Frances_Sarkozy_charged_with_taking_4e97

Nicolas Sarkozy's hopes of a political comeback lay in tatters Friday after the former French president was charged in connection with a criminal probe into illegal party financing.

2013-03-22T01:23:35ZAFP Global Editionby Odile Duperrytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Sarkozy_comeback_dream_tatters_after_9f8e

Nicolas Sarkozy's hopes of a political comeback lay in tatters Friday after the former French president was charged in connection with a criminal probe into illegal party financing.

2013-03-21T23:32:54ZAFP Global Editionby Odile Duperrytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Police_probe_documents_obtained_Qatada_9f3f

Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada is under investigation over documents obtained by police during a search of his London home, Scotland Yard said Thursday.

2013-03-21T20:55:53ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/launch_Syria_chemical_weapons_inquiry_ce18

The United Nations will investigate whether chemical weapons have been used in the Syria conflict, UN leader Ban Ki-Moon announced Thursday.

2013-03-21T18:26:32ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/What_butler_crucial_Sarkozy_back_ca36

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was unexpectedly hauled back before a judge Thursday over claims he accepted envelopes stuffed with cash from France's richest woman to illegally finance his 2007 election campaign.

2013-03-21T18:11:47ZAFP Global Editionby Odile Duperrytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Myanmar_must_launch_probe_into_8604

Myanmar must launch an independent investigation into reports of widespread human rights violations, the United Nations' top human rights body said Thursday.

2013-03-21T17:34:26ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/20/West_calls_inquiry_into_Syria_c20e

Britain, France and the United States called Wednesday for a United Nations inquiry into accusations by the Syrian government and the opposition of chemical weapons attacks.

2013-03-20T23:29:48ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/20/says_formal_Syria_request_chemical_d6d4

The United Nations said Wednesday that Syria has made no formal request for a UN investigation into government claims that opposition rebels have used chemical weapons.

2013-03-20T17:14:04ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/20/Syria_rebels_seek_world_action_1d92

Syria's regime and rebels on Wednesday called for international investigations into an attack a day earlier in which each side accuses the other of having used chemical weapons.

2013-03-20T15:47:56ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/20/India_toughens_stand_Lanka_crimes_1d4b

India promised Wednesday to push for a "strong" UN resolution urging Sri Lanka to investigate alleged war crimes, a day after the issue caused a split in the ruling coalition.

2013-03-20T12:41:28ZAFP South Asian Editionby Abhaya Srivastavatag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/20/Suns_ex-deputy_editor_charged_over_ce59

The former deputy editor of The Sun is being charged with authorising payments to public officials in return for information, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

2013-03-20T12:07:49ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/19/Microsoft_targeted_bribery_probe_report_3600

US authorities are investigating whether Microsoft or its partners bribed officials in China, Italy and Romania to get software contracts, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

2013-03-19T19:12:16ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/19/French_budget_minister_steps_down_14bf

French Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac resigned on Tuesday after prosecutors announced a full investigation into a secret Swiss bank account he allegedly used to hide assets from the tax authorities.

2013-03-19T18:17:54ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/19/Russia_drops_probe_into_whistleblowing_7f12

Russian investigators on Tuesday dropped their investigation into the 2009 death in jail of a whistleblowing attorney whose case led to a crisis in relations between Russia and the United States.

2013-03-19T10:06:22ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/18/govt_investigated_Wall_Street_Journal_8afa

The US Justice Department last year opened an investigation into allegations that employees at The Wall Street Journal's China news bureau bribed Chinese officials for information, the newspaper reported.

2013-03-18T05:52:55ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/15/Arab_nations_urge_Damascus_cooperate_6046

Arab countries on Friday tabled a resolution lamenting the spiralling violence in Syria and demanding that the regime cooperate with a UN probe into rights violations in the war-torn country.

2013-03-15T20:14:42ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/15/Democrat_under_grand_jury_probe_354b

Robert Menendez, the influential head of the US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, is under investigation by a grand jury in Miami for alleged influence peddling, the Washington Post reported Friday.

2013-03-15T17:13:05ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/15/Senegal_ex-president_told_explain_fortune_283e

The son of former Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade was given one month by the nation's anti-corruption court Friday to explain how he had come by assets allegedly worth over one billion euros, judicial sources said.

2013-03-15T17:09:55ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/14/parliament_urges_probe_Palestinian_prisoner_a3da

The European parliament on Thursday urged Israel to conduct an impartial investigation into the prison death in February of Palestinian militant Arafat Jaradat.

2013-03-14T21:03:23ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/13/Indian_ex-airforce_chief_home_raided_5283

Detectives raided the home of India's former air force chief on Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged bribes paid to secure a $748 million contract for 12 Italian helicopters.

2013-03-13T07:26:06ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reporter