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Major bribery alleged in Rio Tinto case

Jul. 15, 2009
A government-owned newspaper alleged Wednesday that executives from all 16 Chinese steel mills participating in iron ore price talks this year were bribed by Rio Tinto employees. The English-language China Daily quoted an unnamed "industry insider" saying...
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