UN: Somali government has rebuffed coup threat

Aid workers released in Somalia

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Rampant corruption claims as Lebanon slips down graft ratings

By: dustgeer

Lebanon’s corruption ranking for 2009 has slipped 28 points from last year to 130th place, graft monitoring organization Transparency International (TI) said Tuesday. The Berlin-based organization’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index also found Lebanon’s graft rating had fallen half a point to 2.5 out of 10 on a scale where 0 ...

9 days ago

Think About National Building first than Afghanistan

By: andri

With hard situation in Afghanistan, It is difficult for United States to win in Afghanistan. With limited troops, United States could not the war. US commander in Afghanistan, Stanley Mac Chrystal, warned the situation is hard. Even Afghanistan is hard, but United States situation is harder than Afghanistan. Most United States young men in ...

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U.K.'s Standing Declines on Corruption Index

By: azhar12

The revelation earlier this year that members of the U.K. parliament milked the expense-claims system made a laughing stock of British politicians. A report out Tuesday showing the U.K. slipped to an 11-year low on a corruption index indicates the scandal caused more than humiliation. Transparency International said its annual Corruption ...

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