Brazil's ex-leader Lula charged in graft probe

Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva, Brazil's hugely popular former president, has been ordered to stand on trial on charges that he attempted to obstruct a giant corruption probe at Petrobras oil company, according to officials. The decision published on Friday names Lula and five others as co-conspirators in an alleged attempt to buy the silence of a former Petrobras director implicated in the scandal.