11.   Other probes involved kickbacks for winning military contracts.

12.   The current Mir probe involves the space agency, its Energiya subdivision which built and maintains the station, and the Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City outside Moscow.

13.   The latest probe involves alleged irregularities in the privatization of state shares in an automotive factory.

14.   The probe involved a computer store, a suburban warehouse and several banks, according to court records and interviews with detectives.

15.   The probe involves some of the biggest cases in recent years, from the O.J. Simpson trial, to the World Trade Center and Oklahoma City bombings.

16.   The probe involves generals and colonels, some of whom have undergone lie detector tests, army officials said.

17.   Two key French ministers could be formally indicted in the next few months over a corruption probe involving illegal party funding, a newspaper reported Thursday.