Accused war criminal Taylor 'worked with CIA' Al Jazeera | He stands accused of funding rebels who hacked the arms off small children, smuggling blood diamonds, keeping sex slaves and torturing his opponents, but former Liberian President Charles Taylor also had another career - providing information to US intelligence agencies, according to information o...
ECB should blame itself for spot-fixing arriving here The Daily Telegraph Following Mervyn Westfield’s admission of spot-fixing, the ECB have opened a window until April 30, asking players and officials to report information ‘‘related to corrupt activities’’. The ECB’s officials should begin by reporting themselves. | Mervyn Westfield's...
Democracy Lab Weekly Brief Foreign Policy Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE | This week, Egyptians celebrated the first anniversary of the ouster of Hosni Mubarak amid speculation that the Muslim Brotherhood has struck a power-sharing deal with the Supreme Council of the Armed F...
Haiti president now says no pardon for Duvalier Austin American Statesman | PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian President Michel Martelly on Friday backed off a suggestion from an interview a day earlier that he might be open to a pardon for former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. He said he meant only that he wanted an en...
Russian Press - Behind the Headlines, January 27 Novosti | Nezavisimaya Gazeta | Government Considers Leasing Far Eastern Croplands to Foreign Investors | Russia may lease millions of hectares of idle cropland in the Far East to foreign agribusinesses as a contribution to international food security during...
Nigerian violence: Police disappear as Boko Haram brings terror to the streets The Daily Telegraph When a city of 9 million people comes under almost daily assault, the police would normally step up their presence. But not in Kano. | Residents pass by a burning police headquarters in Kano Photo: AFP/GETTY | By David Blair, Kano | 7:00PM GMT ...
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Nigeria's oil economics fuel deadly protests CNN January 11, 2012 -- Updated 0734 GMT (1534 HKT) Bonfires set ablaze by protesters outside Lagos State University. | (CNN) -- On the streets of Nigeria, we bear witness to what many...
Spanish royal charged in fraud case Al Jazeera | The Spanish king's son-in-law was charged in a fraud and embezzlement case that has damaged the royal family, which this week took the uprecedented step of disclos...
Spain's monarchs reveal finances for first time CNN December 29, 2011 -- Updated 0202 GMT (1002 HKT) Spain's King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia arrive to open Parliament in Madrid on Tuesday. | Madrid (CNN) -- Spain's royal family pub...
EDITORIAL: New initiative best way to fight graft Business Day | THE public launch yesterday of Corruption Watch — an initiative of the Congress of South African Trade Unions that will be funded independently but which has been endorsed by the government and a range of civil society and business organisations ...
New Cosatu corruption watchdog wants JSE to act Business Day | THE Congress of South African Trade Unions’ new anticorruption organisation, Corruption Watch, wants the JSE to devise more stringent penalties for board members of listed companies involved in corruption. | PricewaterhouseCoopers’ annual surve...
Transfer of Vatican Official Who Exposed Corruption Hints at Power Struggle The New York Times | VATICAN CITY — An Italian television program about the transfer of a whistle-blowing Roman Catholic prelate has caused consternation at the Vatican and prompted speculation about a power struggle among senior clerics in the church. Connect Wi...
