Politics | Political Corruption

2010-03-12: Headlines

2010-03-11: Headlines

  • Spero News: European Parliament Condemns Belarus Clampdown On Poles 2010-03-11
    Accusing adversaries of corruption has become a political tool of choice for many ... The Belapan news agency later reported that Mikhaylau -- who w ...
  • The Detroit News: Monica Conyers gets 37 months for bribes, vows appeal 2010-03-11
    Those alleged acts, detailed in the recent trial of political consultant and former Conyers aide Sam Riddle, involved more than $60000 in illegal payments.
  • BlueOregon: Greg Walden: Failing Upwards 2010-03-11
    Barring some unforeseen Edwardsesque scandal or severe political corruption, Walden's seat aint in play. He'll easily coast through another election cycle ...
  • Online Journal: How Wall Street cashed in on the American Dream, and nearly killed it 2010-03-11
    Bombastic calls for more regulation, more oversight, and more laws are camouflage for a lack of political will to prosecute, both criminally and civilly ...
  • Peace fm Online: Avoka's Baptism Of Fire 2010-03-11
    He said UNDOC Director warned, “West Africa is at risk of becoming an epicenter for drug trafficking, and the crime and corruption associated with it.
  • BBC News: Miliband speech highlights Britain's Afghan anxieties 2010-03-11
    The speech is also littered with mutterings about continued corruption in Afghanistan, a theme that featured heavily in London as well.
  • Informante: Lüderitz Community up in arms 2010-03-11
    This comes after the allegations that the town council missed the Ombudsman's deadline to submit papers in defence of nepotism, corruption ...
  • San Francisco Chronicle: House Dems ban earmarks to private contractors 2010-03-11
    They said these scandals have drowned out any political goodwill from their reform efforts upon claiming the majority, including banning gifts ...
  • San Francisco Chronicle: 15 groups spent $1 billion to sway policy 2010-03-11
    "When unions and corporations are paying for politicians to get power and stay in power, that's corruption," he said. Lawmakers, Newman added, "are working ...
  • FinFacts Ireland: Thursday Newspaper Review - Irish Business News and International Storie ... 2010-03-11
    But House Republicans, in a quick round of political one-upmanship, tried to outmaneuver Democrats by calling for a ban on earmarks across the board ...
  • World Socialist Web Site: The Hurt Locker, the Academy Awards and the rehabilitation of the Iraq war 2010-03-11
    In the present atmosphere dominated by corruption and fear, how embarrassing it would have been to be reminded about someone who once stood up to ...
  • Phnom Penh Post: Graft law opens to fierce debate 2010-03-11
    “We do not want to detain people in jail – we want to crack down on corruption.” Also Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen criticised civil society activist ...
  • The Citizen Daily: Why governance is a problem: Don 2010-03-11
    On corruption, he said many people believe that the majority of civil servants were corrupt. People also do not regard the Prevention and Combating ...
  • Kipp Report: Failing state 2010-03-11
    The Yemeni people's lack of faith in their “corrupt” government is one of numerous root causes highlighted by speakers at the London Summit.
  • Botswana Press Agency: Legislators express fear of DIS 2010-03-11
    MP urged the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) to fight corruption which is growing at an alarming rate within the members of parliament ...
  • The Media Line: UN: Somalis Not Getting Half Their Food Aid 2010-03-11
    The report claims that corruption among the WFP's local handlers is rampant, with 30 percent of the aid taken by Somali partner organizations and WFP staff;
  • North County Times: MORAIN: Ballot-language ploy tars Legislature 2010-03-11
    He was a lawmaker when others became enmeshed in the corruption scandals. This episode doesn't involve crooks having their hands out.
  • Chicago Daily Herald: Call for upheaval and reform of GOP 2010-03-11
    Zero tolerance for self-serving corruption is our standard. 3. Pat Brady, the Illinois Republican Chairman, should resign for interfering and taking side ...
  • Manila Bulletin: Formidable challenges 2010-03-11
    By the same token, just as the safety belt law, agrarian reform law, and others are not implemented or followed, and permissive corruption and extortion ...
  • Merinews: No more Bhopal like disasters please 2010-03-11
    There have been numerous times change of political guard at the center and the state level but unfortunately no government could feel their plight.
  • The Malaysian Insider: Police action shows Umno 'desperate', says Anwar 2010-03-11
    Why is there apparently mention of the Altantuya murder, mention commission of corruption regarding the procurement of two submarines and there is menti ...
  • Spero News: Petraeus Visits Kyrgyzstan Amid US Plans For Counterterror Center 2010-03-11
    Accusing adversaries of corruption has become a political tool of choice for many ... Kyrgyzstan hosts a US transit center in Manas airport outside Bishkek ...
  • The Journal News | LoHud.com: Better analysis may yield better officials 2010-03-11
    This is a recipe for corruption or, at best, for mediocre government. The second category is made up of the children of wealthy families or political ...
  • CRIENGLISH.com: Silvio Berlusconi Loses Temper with Journalist 2010-03-11
    Increasingly under pressure over falling ratings amid corruption scandals and bungled election candidacies by his party, Mr Berlusconi, 73 ...
  • Rutland Herald: Facing reality 2010-03-11
    But the anger that has arisen all across the political spectrum about the corruption of business and politics threatens to swamp his efforts.
  • The Detroit News: Nolan Finley Anticipation builds for next Kilpatrick twist 2010-03-11
    The City Hall corruption probe has been dragging on for so long and generated so many false leads that I've learned to be skeptical when rumors start flying ...
  • ISRIA: Australia - Prime Minister Trascript of joint press conference with President ... 2010-03-11
    In our effort to combat corruption in our country, sometimes, the challenge is extradition issues. I was wondering if the extradition is something that ...
  • Spero News: US Embassy Honors Prosecuted Armenian Activist 2010-03-11
    Accusing adversaries of corruption has become a political tool of choice for many ... An ensuing police investigation cleared the school administration ...
  • Zambia Daily Mail: IMF chief jets in, hails Zambia 2010-03-11
    The IMF chief said the fight against poverty and corruption is also one of the main factors that enhance the economic development of any country.
  • MiamiHerald.com: After US visit, Préval optimistic on direct aid 2010-03-11
    The US and other nations had stopped funding the government directly because of Haiti's history of corruption and squandered aid. Préval acknowledged the U ...
  • phillyBurbs.com: Dems bar some earmarks; GOP eyes total ban 2010-03-11
    "For-profit earmarks are really where the rubber meets the road as far as corruption," said Steve Ellis of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a Washington-based ...
  • Memphis Daily News: No Ford Testimony As Psychiatrist With Political Ties To Plead Guilty 2010-03-11
    Ford, who is serving two prison terms for separate jury convictions on federal corruption charges, was moved to a federal prison in Memphis, to testify ...
  • Lebanon Daily News: Defense rests without testimony by Veon, others 2010-03-11
    The four defendants in the Harrisburg legislative corruption trial wrapped up their case Wednesday without taking the stand, and jurors will soon beg ...
  • Spero News: Asia: Corruption is a cancer to the countries of South East Asia 2010-03-11
    Accusing adversaries of corruption has become a political tool of choice for many ... By Asia News Manila – In Indonesia, South-East Asia's most corrupt ...
  • Capital FM: Kenyan minister tells colleagues to own up 2010-03-11
    It is high time that we wake up and say goodbye to corruption,” he said. He proposed that government introduces laws and stiff penalties on all those ...
  • MiamiHerald.com: Heed their voices, let them lead 2010-03-11
    Haiti has to root out corruption at all levels of government and in its institutions. The judicial system must be reformed so that those who plunder ...
  • Associated Press of Pakistan: Jaswant Singh for continuation of dialogue between India and Pakistan - 2010-03-11
    On the internal situation in India, he said the country face the question of good governance, corruption and most seriously the threat from Maoists ...
  • Sify: Dhaka plans purchase of more combat aircraft, missiles 2010-03-11
    Defence purchases in Bangladesh have been mired in political controversy. A court Monday acquitted Hasina of corruption charges in the purchase of eight ...
  • Indianapolis Star: Cleaning up the Supreme Court's mess 2010-03-11
    It would also limit the capacity of politicians to work out cozy deals with business, and thereby help prevent extortion and other forms of corruption.
  • Spero News: Kabul Stuck Between US, Iranian 'Double Game' Accusations 2010-03-11
    Accusing adversaries of corruption has become a political tool of choice for many ... Kabul University law and political science professor Nasrullah ...
  • Omaha World-Herald: Dems to ban for-profit earmarks 2010-03-11
    “For-profit earmarks are really where the rubber meets the road as far as corruption,” said Steve Ellis of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a Washington-based ...
  • Albany Times Union: Pension scam plea 2010-03-11
    "In his allocution, he says there was a culture of corruption in the comptroller's office." Loglisci is the sixth person to plead guilty in connection ...
  • postzambia.com: BIGOCA bishops on Chiluba 2010-03-11
    I suggest our bishop holds his fire when it comes to Chiluba's political and corruption issues before he drags our church in the mud.
  • ISRIA: UN Britain - The war in Afghanistan: How to end it 2010-03-11
    But it lacks capacity. The concerns run deeper than elections marred by corruption. They also relate to the very structure of the political system.

2010-03-10: Headlines

2010-03-09: Headlines

  • AllAfrica.com: Nigeria: Old Wine, New Bottle 2010-03-09
    By then Nigerians would be able to determine whether he is desirous of the often mouthed war against corruption or not. For him, to have declared openly ...
  • AllAfrica.com: Africa: Niger - Against Renaissance of Military Rule in Africa 2010-03-09
    Corruption and laxity soon permeate the entire hierarchy of the military. The soldiers of fortune begin to loathe operational postings.
  • Asia Times Online: Limp arm of the body politic 2010-03-09
    At the end of last year, Sun Shuyi was sacked as Shandong vice governor and put under investigation for suspected corruption, including taking bribes in ...
  • Aljazeera.net: Why ElBaradei? 2010-03-09
    The return of Mohammed ElBaradei,the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to Egypt has created political ...
  • DeHavilland: Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy - Address to AFET Committee 2010-03-09
    Some issues also emerged during the economic crisis related to potential conflict of interests, in a country where corruption had previously never seriously ...
  • Kurdish Globe: Christians out of competition 2010-03-09
    "My country needs my vote and your vote to succeed and get rid of insurgency, terror, and corruption." Mrs. Ya'qub spoke of her pride in the smooth electi ...
  • Stabroek News: Crime, justice and business 2010-03-09
    The six criteria considered essential to evaluate the strength of public governance – control of corruption, government effectiveness, political stability ...
  • New York Times: Betting on Atlanta 2010-03-09
    While the pre-World War II South was famous for single-party corruption that could scare off any industrialist, the post-Civil Rights Era South became known ...
  • DefenceWeb: Niger junta releases five ex-ministers: sources 2010-03-09
    "There is an investigation under way and any former minister or civil servant accused of corruption, for example, will be pursued.
  • The Trinidad Guardian: ?Rowley coming for motion 2010-03-09
    “I had an opportunity to alert my new Cabinet colleagues to what Udecott was exposing us and T&T to and I was aware the climate for corruption was being ...
  • Sri Lanka Guardian: To Question, or not to Question 2010-03-09
    To think that only an informed public can make the right decisions in elections or to say that voters are unaware of corruption and embezzlement of public ...
  • Faxts News: Russia, Azerbaijan/Armenia: All road lead to the Caucasus 2010-03-09
    Aliyev was genuinely popular, praised for his honesty and fight against corruption, but was seen as too soft on terror. President Magomedov has vowed to put ...
  • News Today Online: Blurred Visions 2010-03-09
    We're coming in from a rule marred by corruption and scandal and 2010 is our only chance to change all that. Hence we need to deal our cards right ...
  • Detroit Free Press: Prosecutors want the book thrown at Conyers 2010-03-09
    When Conyers heads to federal court Wednesday, she will kick off a parade of sentencing hearings in connection with the high-profile political corrupti ...
  • EITB: Spanish judge who almost jailed Pinochet could lose job 2010-03-09
    Two of the complaints relate to investigations by the judge which angered conservatives: a probe into corruption linked to the opposition Popular Party ...
  • Today's TMJ4: Prosecutors: ACORN 2008 Milwaukee Voter Drive "Marred by Fraud" 2010-03-09
    ACORN has been devastated by a political and media firestorm created last year when conservative activists released video showing workers advising a wom ...
  • Korea Herald: Government tightens rein on education 2010-03-09
    The government seeks to reduce the authority of local education superintendents as part of efforts to eradicate corruption among education officials ...
  • Imperial Valley Press: Voice: Deal with his country's evils 2010-03-09
    Finally, Uganda is a country riddled with government corruption, hunger, and violence. A recent international study ranked the Ugandan government among ...
  • Moneylife Personal Finance Magazine: Walking the Regulatory Tightrope 2010-03-09
    ... led to any perceptible improvement in the aam aadmi's dealings with the mind-numbing sloth and corruption that characterise government bureaucracies.
  • EurActiv: Ambassador: Macedonia has only one problem with one EU member 2010-03-09
    They have also welcomed the progress your country has made in the fight against corruption and the fact that the presidential elections in 2008 met ...
  • MyADSL: Why cheap broadband will change your live 2010-03-09
    News of corruption, scandals, oppression can be spread to interested ears at the speed of a shaft of light bouncing along a fiber-optic cable.
  • Sydney Morning Herald: Corruption worsens in Indonesia: survey 2010-03-09
    The annual poll by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC), made available to AFP on Tuesday, put Southeast Asia's biggest economy last in ...
  • The Citizen Daily: New election law 'to boost women in 2010 poll' 2010-03-09
    In the political arena, for instance, women were urged to come out and contest elective posts after the government showed its willingness to help them ...
  • Cherry Hill Courier Post: Court deals another setback to Bryant 2010-03-09
    Wayne Bryant cannot use campaign funds to help pay for his legal defense at a corruption trial, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
  • Times LIVE: ANC assets saga 'a special case' 2010-03-09
    The team includes attorney Michael Hulley who managed Zuma's rape and corruption defence. "As the presidency has said, that one of the provisions of the law ...
  • Detroit Free Press: Pleas and indictments in Detroit corruption case 2010-03-09
    Sam Riddle: A mistrial was declared last month in the bribery trial of the political consultant and former Conyers aide. He now is awaiting a possible ...
  • Focus Taiwan News Channel: Report shows Taiwan perceived as less corrupt 2010-03-09
    The report on corruption perception levels in Asia-Pacific countries is set to be published Wednesday by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy.
  • PKKH | PakistanKaKhudaHafiz: Agartala conspiracy was real: Mujib planned secession in 1969-Traitor' ... 2010-03-09
    Since then, Bangladesh has endured a succession of army-run regimes, as well as a period of dysfunctional democratic rule marred by corruption and part ...
  • Malaysia Star: Thailand invokes security law for weekend protests 2010-03-09
    Thailand has been gripped by a political crisis and sometimes violent protests since 2006, when Thaksin was ousted for alleged corruption and abuse of power ...
  • The Citizen Daily: Mramba's abuse of office case adjourned yet again 2010-03-09
    Their case followed three years of investigations by the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) and the police into the suspicious hiring ...
  • Zambian Watchdog: Why do Zambians tolerate Chiluba? 2010-03-09
    Alas we have forgotten: Chiluba first became dear to the opposition Patriotic Front in the midst of very serious corruption allegations.
  • Leadership Magazine: Corruption watch 2010-03-09
    Nonetheless, with particularly Cosatu forcing attention to be focused on corruption in government and questionable self-enrichment of political leader ...
  • Times of Malta: Opposition spokesman calls for PAC-style planning committee 2010-03-09
    Ministers had accumulated a lot of power, there was a backlog of decisions and allegations of corruption. The PA had become a Nationalist Party club.
  • Gary Post Tribune: Save rights for people 2010-03-09
    Today, the primary source of government corruption comes from campaigns becoming more and more costly. Undoubtedly, many able citizens opt not to run ...
  • Korea Herald: Chaos in India's parliament over more seats for women MPs 2010-03-09
    Analysts say their increased presence in those bodies has contributed to better targeting of financial resources and reduced corruption.
  • Associated Press of Pakistan: Uproar in Indian Parliament over passage of women reservation bill 2010-03-09
    Dhaka, Mar 9 (APP): The High Court on Tuesday quashed proceedings in the MiG-29 fighter plane corruption case, filed in 2001, against incumbent Prime ...
  • TIME: Russian Shareholder Activist Exposes Corporate Greed 2010-03-09
    (See "Russia's YouTube Craze: Exposing Police Corruption.") Harassing Russia's financial and political élite is hardly a hobby for the fainthearted.
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