Strong language on the never-ending battle against corruption was likewise backed up with action.

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Mr. Zardari spent 11 years in detention on charges of graft, many of them during Mr. Musharraf's government, but has never been formally convicted of corruption.

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Corruption and child abuse are never welcome creatures.

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She has no heir-apparent: her vice-president, Amado Boudou, has been hamstrung by corruption accusations, and her son has never run for office.

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Despite winning a remarkable eight league titles in a row with five different clubs between 2004 and 2011 ( the two with Juventus were later taken away because of the Calciopoli corruption scandal), Ibrahimovic has famously never won the Champions League.

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It is also difficult to ignore the fact that unless Mr Hazare and his spirited bunch of aides had not kicked up a storm over a strong anti-corruption bill, India's politicians would never have moved on it with the alacrity they have demonstrated in the past few months.

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Asked whether it would ever be possible to prosecute a case under the 1925 Act, he said the law was "pretty straightforward" but any corruption case was always challenging as bargains made were never meant to come to light.

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No firm evidence of corruption was found against Wasim, but there was sufficient for Qayyum to rule that he should never hold the captaincy again, saying he was "not above suspicion".

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Samaranch was never found guilty of any wrongdoing, but some blamed him for having turned a blind eye to all the corruption.

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