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News headlines for “Corruption”, page 39
DEVELOPMENT: Corruption Drains Water...
- Inter Press Service
Several civil society organisations are planning anti-corruption drives to combat the wheeling-dealing considered a major factor in the world water crisis.
FIJI: Caught Between Coups and Corruption
- Inter Press Service
The December 2006 coup, Fiji's fourth in less than 20 years, was dubbed a 'cleanup campaign' by military commander Frank Bainimarama, now Fiji's interim prime minister.
RIGHTS-PERU: Spying on Social Movements
- Inter Press Service
Business Track, a private security firm, was engaged in spying on non-governmental organisations, environmental activists, social movements and opposition groups in Peru, sources in the police, prosecutor’s office and courts investigating the case told IPS.
CORRUPTION-US: Homeowner Rip-Offs Spark Scores of Lawsuits
- Inter Press Service
Many of the biggest mortgage lenders in the U.S. have engaged in widespread, systematic schemes that ripped off hundreds of thousands of families seeking to buy a home, refinance or foreclose, according to lawsuits filed on behalf of consumers.
FINANCE: Major Banks Grease Wheels for Corrupt Regimes
- Inter Press Service
Some of the world's leading banks facilitate corruption in the poorest countries, charges a new report by Global Witness, an independent watchdog group.
MALAYSIA: Sleaze, Betrayals, Threats Mar Politics
- Inter Press Service
Sex scandals, political betrayals, threats and anger at the once revered monarchy - suddenly politics in Malaysia, after a sterling start last year which saw a strong opposition in parliament, is taking an ominous turn.
MEDIA-EAST TIMOR: Minister, Editor Wrangle On Over Exposé
- Inter Press Service
East Timor's justice minister says she will file a civil liability case against newspaper editor Jose Belo, if criminal defamation charges do not make it in court.
CARIBBEAN: Bank Scandals Add to Region's Economic Woes
- Inter Press Service
Caribbean leaders emerged from a one-day special summit on Wednesday night to announce new mechanisms to deal with some of the problems plaguing the region's financial sectors, occasioned not only by the ongoing global crisis, but by several homegrown scandals as well.
POLITICS-JAPAN: Donation Scam Setback for Main Opposition Party
- Inter Press Service
The arrest of a top aide to opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa on Tuesday, for allegedly accepting illegal political donations, could not have come at a worse moment for his Democratic Party Japan (DPJ).
CORRUPTION-US: How Wall Street Paid For Its Own Funeral
- Inter Press Service
A new report says that Wall Street has only itself to blame for the misguided deregulation that led to the current deepening financial crisis.
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