11.   The VIP treatment lavished on IOC members during trips to cities competing to host the Games lies at the heart of the widening bribery and corruption scandal.

12.   Three military officers have been arrested in a widening bribery scandal over the bidding for the construction of an air force ammunition dump, the military said Saturday.

13.   Japanese police on Thursday raided the health and welfare ministry in connection with a widening bribery scandal involving top bureaucrats and a nursing home operator.

14.   Japanese police on Thursday raided the health and welfare ministry in connection with a widening bribery scandal involving top bureaucrats and a nursing home operator, television showed.

15.   The Dassault affair is the latest twist in a widening bribery scandal that has rocked the Belgian political establishment.