11.   Moderates have said that the arrest of Karbaschi, who is appealing his corruption conviction, was meant to undermine Khatami.

12.   On Tuesday, appeals courts came down hard on both conservative politician Alain Carignon and leftist politician Bernard Tapie for their corruption convictions.

13.   Shortly after the murder, the same court overturned the corruption conviction.

14.   Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday promised to fight on as leader of the center-right opposition despite a second corruption conviction, and lashed out at prosecutors.

15.   Thailand will respect the six-year sentence imposed on former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim after his corruption conviction, Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan said Friday.

16.   The city treasurer who went to prison for a campaign corruption conviction that later was reversed pleaded guilty Friday to fraud and agreed to step down.

17.   They had organized a rally planned for Saturday to mark the second anniversary of the corruption conviction of jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim.

18.   Former conservative minister Alain Carignon appealed Monday against a corruption conviction for which he was jailed earlier this month, judicial sources said.

19.   Former Nice mayor Jacques Medecin was sentenced to another three and a half years in prison on Thursday in the latest corruption conviction against him, judicial sources said.

20.   Government lawyers Thursday began their arguments in the appeal by former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim against his corruption conviction.