angola: Dos Santos fingered for $614-million theft

Switzerland denied on Monday it had leaked information to a French newspaper about the alleged involvement of Angola's president in a $614-million embezzlement of his government's loan repayment to Russia. The allegations recently published in Le Monde sparked a diplomatic row between Angola and Switzerland. On Sunday, the Angolan president's office issued a statement accusing the Swiss government of leaking the information to the newspaper, which it called an "unfriendly act."