Top 10 Political Scandals of 2009

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10. Climate-Gate

(Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

A sea otter sits on a chunk of ice that fell from a glacier in Prince William Sound near Whittier, Alaska.

The scandal over E-mails that suggest global-warming scientists used "tricks" to boost their warming theory. The scandal has dogged the climate summit in Copenhagen.

Related: Top 5 Issues at Copenhagen

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