Ethics law updates in the works The News & Observer | The stream of revelations surrounding former Gov. Mike Easley and his family highlights the need for more changes in ethics and lobbying laws, according to a broad coalition now at work at the General Assembly. | Stories about the Easleys and the resulting state and federal criminal investigations...
A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow Asia Times | By M K Bhadrakumar | In the annals of Russian-American summitry, Moscow has never before choreographed a welcoming ceremony for the visiting United States president in this fashion. The dramatic run-up to the arrival of US President Barack Obama in Moscow on Monday underscores the complexities of ...
Curbing corruption The Gleaner | The provision of public information about how much money was allocated to each school dramatically increased the actual grant received, compared to the intended amount, to primary schools in Uganda. In the 1990s, Uganda set out to increase signific...
Ethics law updates in the works The News & Observer | The stream of revelations surrounding former Gov. Mike Easley and his family highlights the need for more changes in ethics and lobbying laws, according to a broad coalition now at work at the General Assembly. | Stories about the Easleys and the r...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Iron Lady of Finance This Day Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is a woman of history. A director of the World Bank, she was Nigeria's Finance Minister and then briefly Foreign Affairs Minister from 2003 to 2006, the first woman to hold either position. | As a Minister Ngozi stood out as the ...
Al Franken and the Odd Politics of Minnesota The New York Times | At the St. Paul Civic Center in 1982, what should have been a routine re-election convention for the Republican Gov. Albert Quie was underway, but he had dropped out before it had begun. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Erik T Johnson | Re...
Sun Wukong Asia Times | Cracks appear in China's Green Dam | By Wu Zhong, China Editor | HONG KONG - Beijing's new policy that all computers sold on the Chinese market be pre-installed with software to ...
Russian Paradox Forum The New York Times | ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - Cold and rainy days at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum earlier this month followed each other like waves on the Baltic Sea. The economic forecasts push...
Detroit police chief apparently being let go The Examiner Comments DETROIT (Map, News) - The Associated Press has learned Mayor Dave Bing is firing Detroit Police Chief James Barren. | A person familiar with the situation tells the AP he was told by Barren that Bing informed the chief he was being relieved ...
A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow World Security Network Russian matryoshka nesting dolls decorated with the images of US President Barack Obama(L) and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev. | In the annals of Russian-American summitry, Moscow has never before choreographed a welcoming ceremony for the v...
Drug-Cartel Links Haunt an Election South of Border Wall Street Journal By JOEL MILLMAN and JOSE DE CORDOBA | COLIMA, Mexico -- The candidacy of Mario Anguiano, running for governor in a state election here Sunday, says a lot about Mexican politics amid the rise of the drug cartels. | A brother of the candidate is servin...
China warning on 'little coffers' BBC News | China is making a new attempt to stamp out illicit accounts known as "little coffers" - money which officials have skimmed from public funds. | Communist Party and government officials have been warned that they will be severely punished if they do not give up the cash. | A party document described the small coffers as a "cancer&qu...
How bribery became a way of life in Iraq The Independent | "I paid $800 to get my job," says Ahmed Abdul, a technician working for Karada municipality in Baghdad. "People know this is wrong, but there is no way round it." In Iraq corruption is pervasive at every level. | "Corruption exists all over the world but is at its worst here," laments Ateej Saleh Midhat, a 26-year-old employee of the state-owned ...
