And because of the alleged fraud, in late January, the U.S.government suspended $7 million from the Education Sector Support Program.

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One of them is the political situation. Afghanistan held elections in August but the results are contested amidst allegations of fraud.

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The European Union imposed sanctions against Zimbabwe in 2002 following elections marked by violence and accusations of widespread fraud.

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Bernard Madoff,70, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of fraud, money laundering and perjury in New York Federal court.

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The U.N.data also reportedly shows fraud in favor of candidate Abdullah Abdullah, but on a much smaller scale.

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But Secretary Gates has a different view, saying the political problems in Afghanistan go beyond allegations of fraud in the election,and include widespread corruption.

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That process might take weeks. Billed as only the second free election for President in Afghanistan's history, the fraud allegations are threatening the legitimacy of the process.

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Afghanistan's first round of voting in August was marred by widespread fraud.

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"This is under his leadership that all these things are happening and all those people which are responsible for this fraud in parts of the country are being appointed by him.

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The former foreign minister had given President Karzai until Saturday to remove the country's top election official in an effort to avoid a repeat of the massive fraud that marred the August 20 presidential election.

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She says the court will rule on the validity of that poll in the coming week after inviting opposition candidates to present evidence of the claims of massive vote fraud by electoral officials to benefit ruling party candidate Ali Ben Bongo.

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