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91Barak Missile Scandal — The Barak Missile Scandal is a case of defence corruption relating to the purchase of Barak Missile Systems by India from Israel. The case is currently under investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation, and several people including the… …
92Shanghai pension scandal — The Shanghai pension scandal was a corruption case in Shanghai, China, in the which resulted in the dismissal of several senior Chinese Communist Party officials from 2006 onwards.AllegationsShanghai s social security fund manages 10 billion yuan …
93Ōura scandal — The Ōura Scandal (大浦事件, Ōura jiken?) of 1915 was one of several spectacular political scandals of late Meiji and Taishō period Japanese politics …
94Pacific Scandal — ▪ Canadian history (1872–73), charges of corruption against Canadian prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald (Macdonald, Sir John) in awarding the contract for a transcontinental railroad; the incident resulted in the downfall of Macdonald s… …
95Uzbek Cotton Scandal — The greatest single financial crime in Soviet history involved the massive underreporting of cotton production in the Central Asian republic of Uzbekistan. Uzbek party boss Sharaf Rashidov, who ruled the republic from 1959 to 1983, treated… …
96Political scandals of the United States — This article provides a list of major political scandals of the United States.cope and organization of political scandalsCategorizing and listing scandalsDivision of this article s list of American political scandals falls into four categories… …
97Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
98brazil — /breuh zil /, n. brazilwood. [1350 1400; ME brasile < ML < It < Sp brasil, deriv. of brasa live coal (the wood being red in color) < Gmc; see BRAISE] * * * Brazil Introduction Brazil Background: Following three centuries under the rule of… …
99Brazil — Brazilian /breuh zil yeuhn/, adj., n. /breuh zil /, n. a republic in South America. 164,511,366; 3,286,170 sq. mi. (8,511,180 sq. km). Cap.: Brasília. Portuguese and Spanish, Brasil. Official name, Federative Republic of Brazil. * * * Brazil… …
100United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
