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Breaking News Sat, 28 Jan 2012
INDIA-VILLAGER-Ration Shop
Corruption   Food   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Public distribution shop  
 The Times Of India 
Deprivatising ration shops and doorstep delivery are two measures that can clear corruption
By Ritwik Banerjee & Ritika Tewari | After four decades of implementing the public distribution system (PDS) as a move to eradicate hunger from the country, India still ranks a poor 15th amongst count... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
 Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, waves at his supporters during a rally in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. Wade, who spent three decades in the country´s opposition and ran four times for president before winning in a landslide in 2000, say
Elections   Photos   Politics   Senegal   Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012  
 Dayton Daily News 
Senegal's president cleared to run for 3rd term
| DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal's highest court ruled Friday that the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month's election, a deep blow to the count... (photo: AP/Schalk van Zuydam)
Larger section of Kashmiri youth have little interest in politics, a study report says.  DNA India 
DNA exclusive: GenNext in Valley largely uninterested in politics
| An official study initiated to study psyche and perception of Kashmiri youth has revealed their glaring disconnect with the rest of country. | A study commissioned by the ministry of home affairs ha... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
India   Kashmir   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Kashmir   Youth  
The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil addressing the Nation on the eve of the 63rd  Republic Day, in New Delhi on January 25, 2012.  Zeenews 
Be cautious in bringing reforms: President
New Delhi: In an apparent reference to the civil society movement for a strong Lokpal, President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday said one has to be cautious in bringing about reforms so that the tree of d... (photo: PIB of India)
Delhi   India   Photos   President   Wikipedia: Pratibha Patil  
Top Stories
One billionth tourist to arrive in 2012: UN Al Jazeera
One billionth tourist to arrive in 2012: UN
| The United Nations, which commemorated the birth of the world's seven billionth baby last October, is predicting the arrival of the one billionth tourist later this yea... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
Photos   Tourist   Travel   UN   Wikipedia: World Tourism Organization  
India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare speaks to the crowd during his hunger strike in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. BBC News
Anna Hazare in fresh appeal on anti-corruption bill
Leading Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to "show some courage" and withdraw a "weak" anti-corruption bill introduced b... (photo: AP / Gurinder Osan)
Corruption   Government   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Anna Hazare  
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor argues with a photographer as he awaits the start of the prosecution's closing arguments during his trial at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam February 8, 2011. Al Jazeera
Accused war criminal Taylor 'worked with CIA'
| 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 Liberia... (photo: AP / Jerry Lampen)
CIA   Liberia   Photos   War Crime   Wikipedia: Charles Taylor (Liberia)  
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani speaks during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009. Pakistan's prime minister said that military action "is not the only solution" to the brutal insurgency in the Swat Valley, an indication that negotiations may still be an option despite a failed past peace deal in the one-time tourist haven. France24
Pakistan PM to appear in Supreme Court
| AFP - Embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani appears before Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday to face contempt of court proceedings that could see him convicted... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed)
Court   Pakistan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Yousaf Raza Gillani  
In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 photo, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani pauses during an interview with the Associated Press at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan. CNN
Pakistani prime minister to appear in court over contempt notice
January 19, 2012 -- Updated 0320 GMT (1120 HKT) Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is set to appear in court Thursday after weeks of political turbulence in the... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen)
Corruption   Pakistan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Yousaf Raza Gillani  
In this image made from amateur video released by the so-called Shams News Network, a loosely organized anti-Assad group and accessed via The Associated Press Television News on Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, military armored vehicles are seen in the central city of Hama, Syria. Middle East Online
Can the Assad Regime Survive?
| President Bashar al-Assad of Syria does not seem to be in any immediate danger of collapse or overthrow. In spite of confronting a popular uprising at home and severe p... (photo: AP / APTN)
Assad   Photos   Politics   Syria   Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising (from January 2012)  
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 200 The New York Times
Is the S.E.C. Getting Tougher?
| One of the criticisms that has been leveled against the Securities and Exchange Commission is that even when it has pursued cases it has not been tough enough in seekin... (photo: AP)
Financial   Photos   Securities   US   Wikipedia: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission  
Chinese President Hu Jintao waves upon his arrival to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday Nov. 4, 2010. Al Jazeera
China's cultural front against the West
| President Hu Jintao of China made headlines in the early days of the new year saying China and the West were engaged in an escalating culture war, calling on Chinese pe... (photo: AP / Francois Mori)
China   Cultural   Headlines   Photos   Wikipedia/Hu Jintao  
Spain's Judge Baltasar Garzon gestures during a news conference with foreign journalist at international press center in Madrid, Wednesday May 11, 2011. The Guardian
Spain's top judge goes on trial
| Baltasar Garzón, who ordered the arrest of General Pinochet, is to face three trials, but supporters claim he is being persecuted Baltasar Garzón is accused of approv... (photo: AP / Arturo Rodriguez)
Conspiracy   Justice   Photos   Spain   Wikipedia: Baltasar Garzón  
Police Corruption Political Corruption
- Lynette White police corruption acquittal: Calls for re-tria
- Nigerian violence: Police disappear as Boko Haram brings ter
- Lynette White accused wants police corruption retrial
- New Police Chief Talks Tough - Warns Against Corruption
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech following a meeting with web operators, e-trade representatives, web publishers and internet companies heads to set up officially the French Digital National Council (CNN), at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Wednesday April 27, 2011.
Police linked to Sarkozy 'smeared' leftist colleagues
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- Happy Enroniversary
- Kinsley: Sex! Lies! Political scandal!
- I have never advocated violence, says Anna Hazare
- Frequented by VIPs, Kotdwara turns into a political hotspot
India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare gestures in front of a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi during the eleventh day of his hunger strike in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.
I have never advocated violence, says Anna Hazare
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Fraud Bribery
- Extent of alleged DCFS fraud may never be fully known
- Venezuelan gets 14 months in Conn. fraud cover-up
- Venezuelan gets 14 months in Conn. fraud cover-up
- Malaysian held for fraud in Tamil Nadu
Dell computer monitor-PC-India.
Seven charged in $60m stock fraud
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- Alcoa asks federal judge to dismiss bribery suit
- Bribe lands ex-banker behind bars
- Ex-banker gets jail sentence for bribery
- Alcoa moves to dismiss billion-dollar bribery lawsuit
File - Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair lights a candle for the Jewish Holiday of Hanukkah with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, during a press conference in his Jerusalem residence, Monday, Dec. 18, 2006.
Israel ex-premier Olmert charged with taking bribes
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Crime Prevention Democracy
- Breaking through the wall
- Emboldened Taliban Try to Sell Softer Image
- Vilified for telling the truth: The Christian GP whose life
- How to Stop Urban Crime Without Jail Time
President Obama delivers his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol, D.C., Jan. 25, 2011
Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address
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- Injecting white money into elections will strengthen inner-p
- Islam no threat to democracy, new Arab ministers say
- Andrew Fiala: Democracy, education diminish our cruelty
- In Yemen, a U.S.-Backed Transition Plan Draws Fire from Demo
European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek (C) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) stand next to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L)
Hungary Is Pressed on Democracy
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Conspiracy Human Rights
- Will foil all conspiracies: Pakistani President
- More than just a Scottish question
- Syrian families 'slaughtered', 74 dead
- Nigeria faces an existential threat
Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
Nigeria faces an existential threat
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- Desi Anwar: Might Is Not Right
- Children among 74 dead in 2 days of Syrian turmoil
- High economic downturn affects lives of rural poor – F
- Legislators work to keep Riverview prison open
Anti-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
UN considers resolution on Syria
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