The case relates to the dubious manner in which telecom licences (or 2G spectrum) were granted in 2008 by the erstwhile telecoms minister A.Raja, since arrested on allegations of graft ( He has denied wrongdoing).
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Shortly thereafter Saddam shocked his erstwhile boosters by starting a war with Iran.
The court accepted his defence that he had been drugged by erstwhile business partners, a couple of Lebanese-American brothers, so apparently he could not be held accountable for his actions.
As Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai dissolved parliament to pave the way for a Jan. 6 election, Thailand's erstwhile "economic savior" finds himself a lone, unpopular figure.
That would shine a spotlight on erstwhile monopolists, speed integration and give consumers the benefits of full competition now.
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China's erstwhile urgency also meant that a lot of technical points had to be left out of the negotiations, which focused mainly on broad tariffs and quotas.
Executive, an erstwhile high flyer led by a controversial boss named Fred Carr, had amassed the nation's largest portfolio of junk bonds, many of which had lost much of their value.
At a time when its erstwhile titans could do with displaying contrition, signs of hubris abound.
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The royal family of India's erstwhile southern kingdom of Travancore has a long history of resistance.
For Boeing, it offers a competitive hedge against erstwhile rival Airbus.
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Nonetheless, Chaudhary who was a member of the erstwhile parliament, remains bullish on his home country and its economic potential beyond tourism.
In another office, an erstwhile private lender has gone for a completely different sort of business, investing 10m yuan in a TV spy caper set during the Japanese occupation.
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It happens that Mr Graham is a close friend of the former presidential nominee, John McCain, an erstwhile campaigner for immigration reform who has hardened his heart as he confronts a strong anti-immigrant primary challenger for his Arizona seat.
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Mr Giuliani, like his erstwhile opponent, was terribly unpopular with a large chunk of the electorate.
On other subjects, though, he was more loquacious - among them his pleasure at having erstwhile Monty Python member John Cleese as a co-star.
Raised in South Africa and an erstwhile campaigner against apartheid, Mr Hain is a former Liberal who has never been widely loved in the Labour Party.
Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson), a small-time farmer and erstwhile bluesman, lives alone with the burning anger that has consumed him since his wife left him for his brother.
The accusation is that the revolving door has resulted in leniency by the regulatory agency, as former SEC attorneys may exert a degree of influence over their erstwhile colleagues.
The erstwhile superstar has returned to the spotlight with a full-length music video diss (see below) that features a man in a devil mask chasing a mock Jay-Z around the woods, Blair Witch-style.
The initiative was spearheaded by Thomas Minder, an entrepreneur who as a shareholder in Swissair, the erstwhile sickly and now defunct national airline, had chafed at the huge pay Swissair directors kept awarding themselves.
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For staff members used to dishing out benefits, this is almost as big a change as it is for their erstwhile clients.
The erstwhile rice farmer went on to found Future Labs, a desk-conferencing forerunner of WebEx in 1991, in part on the belief that starting up a business was "the most noble thing" one could achieve in America.
It would be quite something if the FSA said the erstwhile most powerful individual in Whitehall was not capable of overseeing a bank.
Davis, the erstwhile 6-foot-2 high school guard, rode a growth and skill spurt to a starring role in the NCAA championship game and the likely overall No. 1 spot in June's NBA draft.
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His first venture was a small shophouse in Seletar Hills, situated near an erstwhile British military enclave.
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He opened a small textile store that used to supply goods to the erstwhile rulers.
Indeed, Republicans whisper that their omnipotent opponents are behind a string of less-than-kind profiles of the erstwhile body-builder.
Press reports suggest that Mr. Obama has engaged octogenarian, erstwhile detentist-appeaser and current Russian consultant Henry Kissinger to help fashion a new arms control deal with the Kremlin.
He seems certain to be dumped at a party convention next May. (Sadly his defeat may make other politicians think twice before championing a tax on carbon emissions.) Some of the Liberals' erstwhile supporters seem to have switched to the socialist New Democrats.
The sensation it caused was due largely to the fact that its vampire, a self-involved, aristocratic Lothario, distinctly resembled the author's erstwhile employer.
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