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    • Corruption on the rise

      Posted by SoxFirst

      About one in 10 people around the world had to pay a bribe in the past year and reported bribery has increased in some regions, such as Asia-Pacific and South East Europe. Bribery is particularly widespread in dealings with with the police, the judiciary and registry and permit services

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      Srebrenica Genocide Facts: Questions & Answers

      Posted by Danielus from Srebrenica-genocide.blogspot

      Srebrenica genocide (7/11 1995) was systematic slaughter of 8,000 Bosniaks who were under the supposed protection of the United Nations. Srebrenica massacre has been judicially proven and recognized as genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and subsequently by the International Court of Justice at the Hague. In addition, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, as well as the U.S. Senate Resolution recognize this massacre as genocide.

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    • Efforts to control bribery failing

      Posted by SoxFirst

      The latest Transparency International Progress Report on OECD Convention Enforcement suggests that the battle against bribery and corruption has run into a brick wall. The report blames it on a lack of political will I countries around the world.

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    • Body Count In Baghdad Up in June

      Posted by Jeff from Washington Post

      Nearly five months into a security strategy that involves thousands of additional U.S. and Iraqi troops patrolling Baghdad, the number of unidentified bodies found on the streets of the capital was 41 percent higher in June than in January, according to unofficial Health Ministry statistics.

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    gp77 comments on:

    Exclusive: Peace Corps, Fulbright Scholar Asked to 'Spy' on Cubans, Venezuelans

    they are putting those scholars in a bad position with that kind of request

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    3:16 am 2/18/08
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    gp77 comments on:

    Exclusive: Peace Corps, Fulbright Scholar Asked to 'Spy' on Cubans, Venezuelans

    wow…

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    3:16 am 2/18/08
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