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First day of the trial over 'Karachi affair' - Paris

Franco-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine arrives at Paris courthouse, in Paris, France, on October 7, 2019 on the first day of the trial for the financial aspect of 'the Karachi case', an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur. The claims came to light during an investigation into a 2002 bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, which targeted a bus transporting French engineers. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First day of the trial over 'Karachi affair' - Paris

Franco-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine arrives at Paris courthouse, in Paris, France, on October 7, 2019 on the first day of the trial for the financial aspect of 'the Karachi case', an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur. The claims came to light during an investigation into a 2002 bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, which targeted a bus transporting French engineers. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First day of the trial over 'Karachi affair' - Paris

Franco-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine arrives at Paris courthouse, in Paris, France, on October 7, 2019 on the first day of the trial for the financial aspect of 'the Karachi case', an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur. The claims came to light during an investigation into a 2002 bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, which targeted a bus transporting French engineers. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Alexis Gublin arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Antoine Vey arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Antoine Vey arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Francois Esclatine arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Francois Esclatine arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Antoine Vey arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Gerard Mattei arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Francois Esclatine arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Gerard Mattei arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Alexis Gublin arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Alexis Gublin arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Alexis Gublin arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Alexis Gublin arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Antoine Vey arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Olivier Morice arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Antoine Vey arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Olivier Morice arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Olivier Morice arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur's former cabinet chief of staff and presidential campaign manager Nicolas Bazire and his lawyer Jacqueline Laffont arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur's former cabinet chief of staff and presidential campaign manager Nicolas Bazire arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur's former cabinet chief of staff and presidential campaign manager Nicolas Bazire and his lawyer Jacqueline Laffont arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur's former cabinet chief of staff and presidential campaign manager Nicolas Bazire and his lawyer Jacqueline Laffont arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Olivier Morice arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Former French culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabre and his lawyer Antoine Vey arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Former French culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabre and his lawyer Antoine Vey arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyers Antoine Vey and Vincent Desry arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyers Antoine Vey and Vincent Desry arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer of Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur's former cabinet chief of staff and presidential campaign manager Jacqueline Laffont arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Former French culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabre arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur's former cabinet chief of staff and presidential campaign manager Nicolas Bazire and his lawyer Jacqueline Laffont arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Former French culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabre arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyers arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Former French culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabre arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial on Appeal of the Karachi Affair - Paris

Lawyer Vincent Desry arrives for the opening of the trial on appeal of the so-called Karachi affair, an alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the 1995 presidential campaign of Edouard Balladur, in Paris, on June 3, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NTT East employee held in bribery case

TOKYO, Japan - Police investigators enter the headquarters of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 2, 2012. A 36-year-old employee of the company was arrested the same day on suspicion of receiving around 1.3 million yen in kickbacks from a telecom-related company in connection with the regional telephone operator's Flet's TV business, police said.

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Oshima tells Diet he won't quit over kickback allegations

TOKYO, Japan - Farm minister Tadamori Oshima speaks at a meeting of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in reply to opposition questions. Oshima said he will not resign from the post over allegations that his secretary took kickbacks related to public works projects.

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Farm minister won't quit over kickback allegations

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tadamori Oshima speaks at a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 18 about allegations that his secretary took kickbacks from construction companies and brokers in return for helping them get contracts for public works projects.

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Upper house president Kurata meets Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) shakes hands with new House of Councillors president Hiroyuki Kurata prior to their talks at his official residence in Tokyo on April 22. Kurata, of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, succeeded Yutaka Inoue, who resigned over allegations that one of his secretaries received kickbacks in connection with public works projects.

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Upper house picks Kurata to succeed scandal-hit Inoue

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Kurata (C) of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) stands in appreciation on being elected president of the House of Councillors on April 22 to succeed Yutaka Inoue who resigned over allegations that one of his secretaries received kickbacks in connection with public works projects.

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Kurata to replace scandal-hit Inoue as upper house head

TOKYO, Japan - Former Home Affairs Minister Hiroyuki Kurata talks with the media on his way to the Diet on April 22. Kurata, a 64-year-old ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker, is expected to replace Yutaka Inoue as president of the House of Councillors later in the day, following approval of Inoue's resignation over allegations one of his secretaries took kickbacks.

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Upper house head Inoue quits over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue leaves the president's room April 19 after tendering his resignation following allegations that one of his secretaries took 64 million yen in kickbacks from a construction company in connection with a public works project.

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Upper house head Inoue to resign over kickback scandal

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue (file photo) has decided to resign over allegations that his policy secretary received 64 million yen in kickbacks from a construction company in connection with a public works project, a senior member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said April 19. Inoue has denied the allegations.

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Oshima tells Diet he won't quit over kickback allegations

TOKYO, Japan - Farm minister Tadamori Oshima speaks at a meeting of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in reply to opposition questions. Oshima said he will not resign from the post over allegations that his secretary took kickbacks related to public works projects. (Kyodo)

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Farm minister won't quit over kickback allegations

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tadamori Oshima speaks at a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 18 about allegations that his secretary took kickbacks from construction companies and brokers in return for helping them get contracts for public works projects. (Kyodo)

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Upper house head Inoue to resign over kickback scandal

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Yutaka Inoue (file photo) has decided to resign over allegations that his policy secretary received 64 million yen in kickbacks from a construction company in connection with a public works project, a senior member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said April 19. Inoue has denied the allegations.

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NTT East employee held in bribery case

TOKYO, Japan - Police investigators enter the headquarters of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 2, 2012. A 36-year-old employee of the company was arrested the same day on suspicion of receiving around 1.3 million yen in kickbacks from a telecom-related company in connection with the regional telephone operator's Flet's TV business, police said. (Kyodo)

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Upper house picks Kurata to succeed scandal-hit Inoue

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Kurata (C) of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) stands in appreciation on being elected president of the House of Councillors on April 22 to succeed Yutaka Inoue who resigned over allegations that one of his secretaries received kickbacks in connection with public works projects.