Politics | Political Corruption

2010-07-31: Headlines

  • Sunday Leader: Towards A Savvier Public Sector 2010-07-31
    A onetime finance minister recently quipped that the bloated public sector was rampant with corruption and inefficiency that they almost equal rogue financial firms in their notoriety. Sri Lanka has a public sector of 6% of the population. In 2008 state workers took home 53.6% of tax revenues or Rs. 313.9 billion as salaries and wages.
  • Deccan Herald: In the heart of darkness 2010-07-31
    Honour today has a bloody subtext and a collective psychosis has been spawned by the 'khap panchayats' over it.
  • AFP: Haiti moves towards first post-quake election 2010-07-31
    Election candidates in Haiti are jockeying this week ahead of a registration deadline for key November polls, the first since January's deadly earthquake. | The vote is seen as a key step towards rebuilding the country and its political institution, and has attracted speculation that hip hop star Wyclef Jean may make a run for president.
  • Zimbabwe Telegraph: Part 2 of interview with exiled cricketer Henry Olonga on BTH 2010-07-31
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  • thedailystar.net: Hasina: Govt to go tough on anarchists 2010-07-31
    Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday warned that the government will not tolerate any anarchy and destructive activities in the garment sector. | Tough action would be taken against the people who are creating anarchic situation in the garment sector over the minimum wage, she said.

2010-07-30: Headlines

  • WGRZ-TV: Arcuri Calls on Rangel to Resign 2010-07-30
    Keywords: gsl.recommendCountHrefEnabled='true'; | WASHINGTON - Rep. Mike Arcuri of Utica on Friday became the first Democrat in the New York congressional delegation to call for Rep. Charles Rangel's resignation.
  • FWWeekly: Anne Rice Ditches Church, Not God 2010-07-30
    Chow, Baby's not clear exactly how, but surely butterflied shrimp are part of the global marketing conspiracy, the one that brought us Certified Angus Beef‚Ñ¢ and dried plums, formerly prunes.
  • Lankaweb: PEACE DIDNT COME SO EASY – WHEN PEACE IS THERE DONT TAKE IT EASY 2010-07-30
    Every Sri Lankan should keep remembering the day we ushered peace in our beloved homeland. It was a day of celebrations for all of us but not for those heros who sacrificed their lives to save our land.
  • Malaysia Kini: Ling fits the bill in Najibs plan 2010-07-30
    Ling's arrest caught family by surpriseFerdtan: Dr Ling Liong Sik, you are a man with a past, not unlike the rest of the BN leaders. It so happens that the present new regime finds you dispensable and 'useful' in their uncanny scheme to project a 'clean government' before they call for a new election. You fit the bill so well.
  • Nigerian Tribune: Toba Olaitan: First Republic Politicians Were Saints 2010-07-30
    As I said earlier, we were all full of hopes. The AG at that time had administered the Western Region for about seven years and things were going on smoothly. Our leader, Chief Awolowo, did wonders in the region at that time. With the limited resources that we had, he was able to achieve a lot of things.
  • UN News Centre: UN official warns terrorism and organized crime increasingly linked in Africa 2010-07-30
    30 July 2010 – Terrorism in Africa is increasingly linked to organized crime, and the continentís governments must take stronger steps to try to break those connections, a senior United Nations official said as he called for countries worldwide to broaden their anti-terrorist strategies beyond involving only the military and law enforcement agencies.

2010-07-29: Headlines

2010-07-27: Headlines

  • KTVN: Target Corp. spending company money on candidates 2010-07-27
    Keywords: - Here's something Target Corp. isn't advertising in its Sunday circular: The discount retailer is now a major donor to a group backing the Republican candidate for Minnesota governor. | And that's not sitting well with every Target shopper.
  • Manila Bulletin: Labor, transport left out in SoNA 2010-07-27
    This was the sentiment of the labor and transport sectors who felt left out in President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III's first State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) delivered Monday before the Joint Session of the 15th Congress at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City.
  • Capital Times: Ann Woolner: White-collar prisons open as Black goes first 2010-07-27
    A prison gate in Florida opened last week to free former newspaper magnate Conrad Black.
  • Arab News: Escenic AS: Gadget makers forced to look at links to Congo war 2010-07-27
    NEW YORK: Does that smart phone in your pocket contribute to rape and murder in the depths of Africa? Soon, you'll know: A new US law requires companies to certify whether their products contain minerals from rebel-controlled mines in Congo and surrounding countries. | It's a move aimed at starving the rebels of funds and encouraging them to lay down their arms. | But experts doubt the law will stop the fighting.
  • Stabroek News: No trust for PM – Portia 2010-07-27
    PNP President Portia Simpson Miller has labelled Golding the €œflip-flopper-in-chief€, and blasted him for the position he has adopted on the need for a state of emergency. | Using a letter to the editor, written by Golding and published in The Gleaner on October 9, 2003, as the springboard for her attack, Simpson Miller said the prime minister has conveniently changed his stance.
  • Delaware County Daily Times: Officials push for Public Integrity Commission 2010-07-27
    Delaware County Pennsylvania daily newspaper covering local, regional, and national news including local sports, video and multimedia coverage, and classified advertising.
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