VATICAN CITY (AP) — An Italian news program has obtained letters from a top Vatican official to the pope in which he begs not to be transferred after exposing corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts that cost the Holy See millions of euros (dollars).
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano was removed in October as the No. 2 administrator of the Vatican city-state and was named the pope's ambassador to Washington. While ... Read the rest of this entry >>>January 28, 2012
Corruption busters ready to rumble
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Justice Minister Jeff Radebe welcomes the launch of Corruption Watch in Braamfontein yesterday and says the formation of the independent watchdog is testament to the fact that corruption can only be defeated with the concerted effort of all the people of South Africa. Photo: Leon Nicholas.
Corruption is to be dealt a telling blow with the launch on Thursday of an autonomous watchdog that will enable ...
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A 25-year-old Johannesburg secretary said she was angered, not frightened, when police threatened her and her fiance and demanded money after a traffic stop. Thursday, she was hailed as a hero for standing up to the police, and for going to the Internet with her story. "People need to end this," Tebogo Sehlabane said Thursday at the launch of Corruption Watch, an independent organization that will use the Web and social media to ...
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican was shaken by a corruption scandal Thursday after an Italian television investigation said a former top official had been transferred against his will after complaining about irregularities in awarding contracts.
The show "The Untouchables" on the respected private television network La 7 Wednesday night showed what it said were several letters that Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, who was then deputy-governor of Vatican City, ... Read the rest of this entry >>>Rampant Corruption in Russia Hinders Stocks
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Corruption in Russia is prevalent at all levels from public figures to wealthy oligarchs and especially within the law enforcement sector. For example, in the events leading up to the country’s predetermined election, Mikhail Prokhorov sought to run his campaign by pushing his ... Read the rest of this entry >>>Five dead in poll violence in India's Manipur state
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Five people were killed in election related violence in India's isolated, northeastern state of Manipur, police said on Saturday.
Among those who died were a woman, a security guard and three election duty staff, when suspected tribal rebels attacked a polling booth in the state's Chandel district. "The militants are suspected to be from the National Socialist Council of Nagaland faction," a Read the rest of this entry >>>UK police arrest 4, including police officer, as part of inquiry into bribery by tabloid
LONDON - British police searched the offices of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers Saturday after arresting a police officer and three other men as part of an investigation into police bribery by journalists.
London's Metropolitan Police said two men aged 48 and one aged 56 were arrested on suspicion of corruption early in the morning at homes in and around London. The fourth, a 29-year-old police officer, was arrested at the London station where he works. The investigation ... Read the rest of this entry >>>Q&A: With Bribery, Spaniard Finds It Takes Two to Tango
Linares weighed needs, values and ego to open seven Roca factories. Antonio Linares was at wits' end. He had built Spanish giant Roca's first factory in Russia from the ground up in three years. But he still needed one last signature from a government inspectorate to open the facility in the Leningrad region. And he just couldn't get it. In desperation, he went to the inspectorate's main office in St. Petersburg, where he met with its director and the inspector who wouldn't sign off on the paperwork. The talks dragged on all morning ...
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India'splan to issue each of its citizens a biometric identity number, an ambitious program aimed at cutting corruption, mismanagement and red tape, may yet founder on the very bureaucracy it was designed to minimize. On Friday, after a battle between two agencies over who would collect and control the fingerprints, retinal scans and other information before issuing the 12-digit numbers,India'sprime minister resolved the issue: Both bureaucracies will collect the information "with suitable provisions to eliminate avoidable ...
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Davos (China Daily/ANN) - The leaders of Denmark and Finland said on Friday that China has showed a willingness to contribute to global efforts to bail out debt-ridden European countries. However, a senior Chinese policy adviser said there should be preconditions.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, prime minister of Denmark, and Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Tapani Katainen stressed the need for China and the European Union to cooperate ... Read the rest of this entry >>>
