31.   Suharto is now at the center of a government corruption inquiry even though he steadfastly maintains that he has done nothing wrong.

32.   Suharto is also at the center of an official corruption inquiry.

33.   The beleaguered Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi offers to sell his television companies as speculation into his involvement with a corruption inquiry increases.

34.   The corruption inquiry is yet another blow to Yeltsin, who has spent more time in the hospital in recent months than in his Kremlin office.

35.   The narrow alleys of Beijing have been abuzz with rumors that other top city leaders also might be felled by the corruption inquiry.

36.   The parliamentary committee overseeing the corruption inquiry released an incomplete report last week after opposition parties accused Major of shutting down Parliament early to suppress the report.

37.   French Polynesian police have started a corruption inquiry into a leading political ally of the territorial government leader Gaston Flosse, officials said Sunday.

38.   His announcement at a press conference came a day after the Belgian parliament lifted his immunity from prosecution in a corruption inquiry.

39.   A close friend of Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping blocked a corruption inquiry into his recently condemned son for several years, a Chinese newspaper has accused.

40.   According to a senior police officer in charge of corruption inquiries against the state government, one out of every five officials is on the take.