While demonstrators rampaged outside, a parliamentary committee was hearing evidence this week about an illegal exchange of land by Vatopedi monastery on Mount Athos.

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Yesterday, the Senate failed to call a vote on the DREAM Act, an amendment that would have let students who are illegal immigrants become citizens in exchange for government or military service.

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Backed by software-industry money, it offers rewards in exchange for any tips leading it to illegal factories.

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There is of course nothing wrong or illegal in soliciting donations for a political party, but commentators agreed that the exchange was likely to damage Mr Gallagher's campaign, associating him with the "toxic" memories of the era when Fianna Fail was in power.

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Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) has criticized a recent Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to monitor chat rooms and Web sites for signs of illegal stock trading.

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Of the six such people interviewed by FBI agents, three said they were given money by Miller in exchange for pretending that they had cast multiple Landrieu ballots or driven vans of illegal voters around town.

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Section 10A(a) of the Exchange Act requires each audit to include procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance of detecting illegal acts that would have a direct and material effect on the determination of financial statement amounts.

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Taking his cue, SEC boss Yasay attempted to shut down the exchange on March 8 but was overturned by his four commissioners, who claimed the act was illegal.

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According to court records filed in the latest case, in 2005 and 2006 Mr Vance and Mr Ertel were working in Iraq for Shield Group Security, a privately-held security company, when they became suspicious the company was making improper payments to Iraqi officials in exchange for influence, and that its employees were engaged in illicit weapons-trafficking and other illegal activity.

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China and India, two countries with exchange controls, have been largely isolated from the crisis - although China has been struggling to control illegal capital flight.

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