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Total chief charged in oil-for-food scandal
A Paris investigative judge has charged the incoming chief executive of Total, the French oil and gas group, with corruption during the scandal-plagued United Nations’ oil-for-food programme in Iraq.
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Big oil groups implicated in oil-for-food scandal
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Oil-for-food report details kickbacks to Iraq
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