Ex-Zambian leader beats graft charges
Co-defendants convicted, get 5 years
Posted: August 18, 2009 at 5:44 a.m.
A magistrate acquitted former Zambian President Frederick Chiluba of corruption charges Monday after a six-year trial in a ruling that overjoyed his supporters but frustrated clean-government campaigners in Africa.
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