Former German minister jailed for fraud

AUGSBURG, Germany (Reuters) - A former German government minister who lived as a fugitive for years and was at the centre of a bribery scandal was sentenced to 4-1/2 years in prison on Wednesday for fraud.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/19f4f88b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Former+German+minister+jailed+for+fraud&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F11%2F09%2Fuk-germany-fraud-minister-idUKTRE7A869H20111109%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Former+German+minister+jailed+for+fraud&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F11%2F09%2Fuk-germany-fraud-minister-idUKTRE7A869H20111109%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> [More]

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