France probes 17 charities over fraud allegations: Report

October 9th, 2009 NEW YORK - The United Nations Special Envoy to Afghanistan, Karl Eide, has denied accusations he tried to cover up fraud in the country's recent presidential election. Eide said the allegations, which followed the removal of his deputy, Peter Galbraith, were "patently false".

October 4th, 2009 LONDON - Afghanistan's incumbent President Hamid Karzai's main opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, has called for an inquiry into the United Nations role since the August poll. The UN along with the Afghan authorities is responsible for the presidential election's smooth running and investigating claims of fraud.

September 16th, 2009 Full, uncertified Afghan vote: Karzai with 54 pctKABUL — Afghanistan's election commission released preliminary vote totals Wednesday showing President Hamid Karzai with 54.6 percent of the vote in the first full results to be released since the country's Aug. 20 election.

September 8th, 2009 KABUL - The US and the UN have increased their pressure on the Afghan government to allow a thorough review of the Aug 20 presidential election following mounting allegations of vote rigging, diplomats and news reports said Tuesday. A Western diplomat told DPA that Western missions in Afghanistan have been growing very concerned over the widespread fraud allegations and were trying to convince President Hamid Karzai not to interfere in investigations of complaints by the Independent Election Commission.

September 8th, 2009 US: Sorting out Afghan vote could take monthsWASHINGTON — The State Department is saying it could take months to sort out the many allegations of vote fraud in the Aug. 20 Afghan presidential election.

September 7th, 2009 Karzai says US 'attacking' him over electionPARIS — Afghan President Hamid Karzai says in an interview published in France that the United States is attacking him because it wants to him to be more "docile." Karzai's re-election bid has faced controversy over alleged fraud. Le Figaro newspaper quotes him as saying that fraud is "inevitable in a budding democracy." He says Americans who are "attacking Karzai secretly" are wrong to do so — and it's in no one's interest for the Afghan president to be a U.S.

September 6th, 2009 Votes thrown out at 447 Afghan polling sitesKABUL — Afghan election officials say they have thrown out votes at 447 voting sites across the country because of fraud allegations. The head of the Independent Election Commission Daoud Ali Najafi couldn't say how many votes are affected.

August 30th, 2009 Major fraud allegations in Afghan election top 550KABUL — Major allegations of fraud in Afghanistan's presidential election have topped 550, more than doubling the last figure reported by the commission investigating accusations, officials said Sunday. The spike in allegations is a strong indicator of how pervasive ballot box stuffing and voter intimidation may have been during the country's Aug.

August 30th, 2009 Major fraud allegations in Afghan vote top 500KABUL — Major allegations of fraud in Afghanistan's presidential election have topped 500, more than doubling the figure investigators reported just two days earlier, officials said Sunday. The spike indicates just how pervasive ballot box stuffing and voter intimidation may have been during the country's Aug.

August 6th, 2009 Report: Former AIG CEO to settle fraud chargesNEW YORK — Former American International Group CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg is expected to pay a $15 million fine to settle fraud allegations brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to The Wall Street Journal. Former chief financial officer Howard Smith is expected to pay a $1.5 million fine, the Journal said in a report on its Web site Thursday, citing anonymous people.

August 3rd, 2009 Israel police bust fraud ring with alleged US tiesJERUSALEM — Israeli police said Monday that they had broken up an Israeli-American crime ring specializing in tax fraud and money laundering in an operation codenamed "American Pie." Police said a joint investigation with U.S. authorities led to the arrest in Israel of seven suspects, some of them American citizens, with further arrests likely.

July 31st, 2009 PARIS - Two months after the crash of an Air France Airbus A330 into the Atlantic, the France-based aircraft manufacturer is urging companies flying its planes to replace their air speed measurement devices, an Airbus spokesman said Friday. Stephen Schaffrath said all airlines using Pitot tubes manufactured by Thales are concerned by the recommendation, which was drawn up in collaboration with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

July 31st, 2009 Euro regulators order Airbus sensors replacedBRUSSELS — European air safety regulators told world airlines on Friday they will have to replace hundreds of air speed sensors of the type that may have contributed to the Air France Airbus A330 crash in the Atlantic Ocean in June. The announcement came after Airbus recommended that airlines flying its planes exchange some of the speed sensors manufactured by Thales Corp.

July 28th, 2009 Feds charge 41 in Fla. mortgage fraud schemesMIAMI — Federal prosecutors say 41 people have been charged in the latest round of South Florida mortgage fraud schemes.

January 28th, 2009 PARIS - The Church of Scientology, a controversial self-styled religion with many well-known Hollywood adherents, will be tried in Paris on charges of organised fraud, France-Info radio has reported. If found guilty, the church could be declared illegal and disbanded.