Posted by Matt in July 6th, 2008 |
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India,
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Corruption continues to intensify in two-fifths of the world’s nations, nurtured by persistent poverty, political instability and crime.
In percentage terms, the number of countries perceived to be corrupt fell slightly, according to recent surveys by Transparency International, an international watchdog group. But that’s only because the sample size of its annual study has gotten larger [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 27th, 2008 |
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Russia’s Arctic neighbours saw the exploit as a blatant land grab, an attempt to pre-empt any new agreement on sharing the undersea resources among the littoral powers. They have already begun moves to stake their claims: Norway and Denmark are carrying out surveys and the US is organising an expedition ostensibly “in search of hydrothermal [...]
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