Zuma: 'No Evidence' of Bribery in Notorious Arms Deal

South African President Jacob Zuma says there was "no undue or improper influence" in a government arms deal in the late 1990s. Zuma, who had once been implicated in the allegations around the Strategic Arms Procurement Package, usually known simply as "the arms deal," made the announcement Thursday on national television. He said an independent commission found "not a single iota of evidence" that any of the officials involved in the deal accepted any...

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