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Brazil’ ex-president Lula da Silva gets nearly 10 years in jail for graft

Brazil's Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. [AP]

Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for graft in a stark fall from grace for the iconic leftist leader.

Mr Lula, who ruled Brazil from 2003 to 2010, was convicted and handed a nine-and-a-half-year prison term on Wednesday for accepting a luxury seaside apartment and $1.1 million, the latest twist in a giant corruption probe engulfing Latin America’s largest economy.

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