1.   Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa on Tuesday denied charges that when he was prime minister he bribed a politician for his silence.

2.   First, his security chief, Montesinos, fled Peru after the press got video-tapes showing him bribing rival politicians.

3.   The company, he said, subsequently tried to cover-up its misdeeds by destroying plant documents and attempting to bribe Robstown politicians.

4.   Yet the investigation is finally exposing -- if perhaps not ending -- the time-honored Korean tradition of companies bribing politicians.

5.   But Kohl repeatedly denied the allegations, and in December, German federal prosecutors said they found no evidence that German politicians had been bribed in the Leuna deal.

6.   But Kohl has denied the allegations, and in December, German federal prosecutors said they found no evidence that German politicians had been bribed in the Leuna deal.

7.   In December, German federal prosecutors said they found no evidence German politicians were bribed in the Leuna deal after reviewing evidence gathered by Swiss prosecutors in the case.

8.   Kim was charged with using some of the money to bribe politicians so he could take out bank loans and keep the company afloat.

9.   Last December, German federal prosecutors said they found no evidence German politicians were bribed in the Leuna deal after reviewing evidence gathered by Swiss prosecutors in the case.

10.   Lerner was also accused of trying to bribe Israeli politicians.