11.   The spokeswoman also said she was unaware of any actions the campaign had taken in response to reports of other questionable donations.

12.   In late November, Klaus was accused of accepting questionable party donations.

13.   Last Novemeber, Klaus was accused of accepting questionable party donations and subsequently forced out of the office.

14.   The questionable donation came from Darina Pavlova, a naturalized U.S. citizen who is married to Ilia Pavlov, a U.S. resident alien.

15.   Former LDP secretary-general Koichi Kato relinquished his seat in parliament last month after one of his secretaries was arrested for tax evasion in relation to questionable political donations.

16.   Asian-American activists had worried in recent weeks that Locke might suffer because of a campaign-finance controversy involving questionable Asian donations to the Democratic National Committee.

17.   Kato said he did not know whether the opposition New Frontier Party planned to make a campaign issue out of a questionable political donation he received five years ago.

18.   Senator Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, countered that Republicans were as guilty as the Democrats of accepting questionable donations from foreign companies.

19.   The debate over questionable donations to the Democratic Party grew Friday following reports that the Justice Department demanded records from the White House and a Clinton legal defense fund.

20.   The Kyodo news agency, quoting investigation sources, alleged that Izui was suspected of having given millions of yen in questionable political donations to a former MITI minister.