PARIS, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Here is a chronology of a seven-year probe into alleged kickbacks paid for the multi-billion-dollar sale of French warships to Taiwan in 1991, which French prosecutors Wednesday said should be dismissed without trial after failing to obtain evidence.

VIENNA, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - The former mayor of Stavropol in southwestern Russia, accused of corruption, was arrested Sunday at Vienna airport as he tried to enter the country, the local prosecutor's office said Wednesday.

PARIS, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Paris prosecutors said Wednesday they have called for a seven-year probe into alleged kickbacks paid for the multi-billion-dollar sale of French warships to Taiwan in 1991 to be dismissed without trial.

PIETERMARITZBURG, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - Thousands cheered South African ruling party chief Jacob Zuma on Tuesday as he left court after a judge ruled he will decide next month whether to throw out a corruption case that could sink his presidential hopes.

JERUSALEM, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is to be questioned on Friday over allegations of graft, for the second time since he announced his resignation last week, police said.

The interview at Olmert's official residence in Jerusalem will be the fifth in three months.

PIETERMARITZBURG, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - The judge in Jacob Zuma's graft case said Tuesday he will rule next month on whether to throw out charges against the South African ruling party chief as two days of hearings concluded.

PIETERMARITZBURG, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - South Africa's ruling party chief Jacob Zuma was cheered by thousands of supporters Monday as he left court on graft charges that could end his shot at becoming president next year.

JAKARTA, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono rejected calls Monday to sack two ministers embroiled in a corruption scandal, saying he would await the outcome of ongoing investigations.

PIETERMARITZBURG, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - South Africa's ruling party head Jacob Zuma, entered the dock Monday for a long-awaited graft trial which could make or break his chances to become the country's next president.

BEIJING, August 2, 2008 (AFP) - The former transport chief of a poverty-stricken county in southwest China has been sentenced to death for taking millions of dollars worth of bribes, state media reported Saturday.