Brazil's former president Lula given nine-and-a-half year jail term for corruption
Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who rose from childhood poverty to become a two-term president, was convicted on corruption charges on Wednesday in the first of five graft trials he faces. He was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. He will remain free on appeal. He has denied any wrongdoing and say the charges against him - which claim he accepted a bribes in the form of an apartment in a corruption scandal linked to state oil company Petrobras - are politically mo… READ MORE : http://ift.tt/2uePeg8 What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=euronews euronews is available in 13 languages: https://www.youtube.com/user/euronewsnetwork/channels In English: Website: http://ift.tt/16lqeRI Facebook: http://ift.tt/N9quwy Twitter: http://twitter.com/euronews Google+: http://ift.tt/18C3AB7 VKontakte: http://ift.tt/16lqfFj
Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who rose from childhood poverty to become a two-term president, was convicted on corruption charges on Wednesday in the first of five graft trials he faces. He was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. He will remain free on appeal. He has denied any wrongdoing and say the charges against him - which claim he accepted a bribes in the form of an apartment in a corruption scandal linked to state oil company Petrobras - are politically mo… READ MORE : http://ift.tt/2uePeg8 What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=euronews euronews is available in 13 languages: https://www.youtube.com/user/euronewsnetwork/channels In English: Website: http://ift.tt/16lqeRI Facebook: http://ift.tt/N9quwy Twitter: http://twitter.com/euronews Google+: http://ift.tt/18C3AB7 VKontakte: http://ift.tt/16lqfFj
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