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Barack Obama stands for change, but the political arena he's leaving can't seem to escape its corrupt past, says Harold Evans in his weekly Point of View column.

Jacob Zuma will lead South Africa's ANC into polls even if he is charged with corruption, the president says.

State legislators in Illinois pave the way for a vote to impeach Governor Rod Blagojevich, accused of corruption.

Ex-Juventus football club general manager Luciano Moggi is given an 18 month suspended sentence for corruption.

Democratic rule returns to Bangladesh as Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina is sworn in as PM for a second time.

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Parliament in Pakistan-administered Kashmir votes out the government after accusing it of mismanagement and corruption.

An Indonesian deputy is jailed for taking bribes, in a symbol of the country's new determination to tackle corruption.

The authorities in Vietnam have sacked the editors of the country's largest two pro-reform newspapers.

A chronology of key events

We have asked people in Bangladesh to send us their reaction of the result. Here is a selection of their emails.

Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won a massive victory in Bangladesh's first general election in seven years.

Judges decide to send Taiwan's former President Chen Shui-bian back to jail, as he awaits trial on corruption charges.

Counting begins in Bangladesh as an election to replace its military-backed caretaker government passes off peacefully.

Guinea's coup leader says contracts for the vital mining industry will be reviewed as he vows to curb corruption.

The former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner is to be investigated by a court over corruption allegations.

Several former government ministers appear in court in Sao Tome, in the island nation's largest corruption scandal.

Guinea's army says the government has been dissolved after the president's death, but civilian leaders dispute this.

Ex-minister Nasir el-Rufai is declared a wanted man over the disappearance of millions of dollars from Nigeria.

Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Tamerat Layne is freed from jail after serving 12 years for corruption.

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