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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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      BAE faces criminal inquiry in US

      Posted by Billbar

      Washington sources familiar with the thinking of senior officials at the justice department said yesterday it was "99% certain" that a criminal inquiry would be opened under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Such an investigation would have potentially seismic consequences for BAE, which is trying to take over US arms companies and make the Pentagon its biggest customer.

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    • Blair will become a Catholic

      Posted by Billbar from The Independent

      Tony Blair is "certain" to become a Roman Catholic shortly after he steps down from office next week, friends of the Prime Minister have told The Independent. They believe it will happen "sooner rather than later".

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    Damianmann comments on:

    John Bolton Citizen Arrest

    Keep us informed. This could be a flashpoint for further actions.

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    5:34 pm 5/28/08
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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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    Damianmann

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    Damian is a former campaign worker for Ralph Nader and current delegate/precinct captain for Barack Obama . He is also a registered Independent voter. He's written columns for "Tabula Rasa" magazine as well as many music magazines around the globe. Whatever you do, don't offer him alcohol.

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    theangryindian

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    “The Angryindian” is an internationally recognized Indigenist activist and outspoken critic of U.S. colonialism practised against Aboriginal societies in America and abroad. He is editor of IntelligentaIndigena Novajoservo and the host of Radyo Inteligentaindigena, an independent, non-partisan international Indigenist podcast.

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