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Wed 08 Aug 2008Swiss close $60m corruption cases against Zardari
GENEVA – Swiss judicial authorities said yesterday they had closed a money-laundering case against Pakistani presidential candidate Asif Ali Zardari and had released $60 million (€41 million) frozen in Swiss accounts over the past decade.
Daniel Zappelli, Geneva’s chief prosecutor, said he had no evidence to bring Mr Zardari (55), widower of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and leader of her Pakistan People’s Party, to trial.
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