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    Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain. Forms of corruption vary but...
    95 KB (10,785 words) - 18:56, 2 June 2025
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    scandals involving his marriage and corruption charges. In 1997, police recommended that Netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges for influence-peddling...
    349 KB (30,859 words) - 22:37, 3 June 2025
  • In English criminal law, attainder was the metaphorical "stain" or "corruption of blood" which arose from being condemned for a serious capital crime (felony...
    11 KB (1,387 words) - 19:52, 17 November 2024
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    was 3.2 times that of the poorest. Corruption in India is perceived to have decreased. According to the Corruption Perceptions Index, India ranked 78th...
    245 KB (24,011 words) - 06:42, 5 June 2025
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    dictatorship with a personality cult. His rule has been marked by endemic corruption and widespread human rights violations, including the imprisonment and...
    305 KB (26,326 words) - 09:19, 6 June 2025
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    the South Vietnamese military, however, remained poor. Poor leadership, corruption, and political promotions weakened the ARVN. The frequency of guerrilla...
    273 KB (28,087 words) - 00:25, 6 June 2025
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    became larger than the southern part. The disequilibrium and perceived corruption of the electoral and political process led to two military coups in 1966...
    252 KB (23,782 words) - 17:15, 5 June 2025
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    lifestyle. While initially popular, his reputation eroded due to the corruption and incompetence of his government. He was overthrown in the 1952 coup...
    150 KB (21,064 words) - 06:48, 1 June 2025
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    Great Jedi Purge mirrors the events of the Night of the Long Knives. The corruption of the Galactic Republic is modeled after the fall of the democratic Roman...
    210 KB (17,085 words) - 17:19, 6 June 2025
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    dynasties. In 1030, Mahmud fell gravely ill and died at age 59. As with the invaders of three centuries ago, Mahmud's armies reached temples in Varanasi, Mathura...
    179 KB (21,441 words) - 17:57, 3 June 2025
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    hold multi-party elections, the country still faces ethnic conflicts, corruption, and abuses by the military and police. In 2011, the United States government...
    109 KB (10,060 words) - 06:50, 6 June 2025
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    but also discredited politically for their collaboration with the French invaders and Liberalism became synonymous with patriotism. The Mexican Army that...
    263 KB (24,834 words) - 18:11, 4 June 2025
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    Jayalalithaa herself lost her seat. The new Karunanidhi government filed 28 corruption cases against her, and she had to spend time in jail. Her fortunes revived...
    259 KB (23,471 words) - 12:03, 4 June 2025
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    "In Cyprus, the Golden Passports Scheme Shows Us How Capitalism and Corruption Go Hand in Hand". Jacobin. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020...
    216 KB (20,908 words) - 16:29, 6 June 2025
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    country continues to struggle with issues such as inequality and endemic corruption. The Philippines is an emerging market and a developing and newly industrialized...
    468 KB (35,623 words) - 08:34, 1 June 2025
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    Chancellor, Francis Bacon, was impeached before the House of Lords for corruption. The impeachment was the first since 1459 without the King's official...
    118 KB (14,487 words) - 13:33, 23 May 2025
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    chose to launch the attack on the day Netanyahu would testify in his corruption trial, forcing the legal proceedings to be postponed. Multiple senior...
    421 KB (36,720 words) - 10:00, 6 June 2025
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    During Lee's administration, both he and his party were involved in corruption controversies that came to be known as "black gold" politics. Chen Shui-bian...
    329 KB (31,712 words) - 01:10, 2 June 2025
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    Grant's critics take a negative view of his economic mismanagement and the corruption within his administration, while his admirers emphasize his policy towards...
    187 KB (22,843 words) - 16:05, 4 June 2025
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    suffered from political instability, a lack of infrastructure, rampant corruption, and centuries of both commercial and colonial extraction and exploitation...
    227 KB (21,762 words) - 10:43, 4 June 2025
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