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Corruption

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Wikileaks

Charter House Bank(CHB) wasn't the biggest bank in Kenya. In fact by the time it was placed under statutory management last year it was ranked 26th. But CHB was not a normal bank. At the same time as having most of its branches within Kenya*

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UPI Asia

...it is common to see police officers stopping vehicles for random checks. When a vehicle stops, the driver doesn't get out of his seat; he merely waves a few currency notes or tosses them out the window.

News Link • Global Reported By Geoffrey Hayes
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The Newspaper

A red light camera in Arnold, Missouri ticketed a man faced with both a yellow and a red light. Turns out, this isn't a rare occurrence. To increase ticket revenue, camera trigger times are set faster than the lights can respond to change signals

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Wall Street Journal

The world's finance ministers descend on Washington this weekend for the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. And true to type, bank officials and their media Boswells are doing their best to sweep the issue of c

News Link • Global Reported By Geoffrey Hayes

Bloody Mary Breakfast

There is no war on drugs even though there are armies, weapons, tactics, spies, and collateral damage. There are no definable or achievable objectives, no overwhelming force employed, and no ground gained or lost.

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Time

On May 8, 2002, Clayton Lamar(Lanny) Young Jr., a lobbyist and landfill developer described by acquaintances are a hard-drinking "good ole boy," was in an expansive mood. In the downtown offices of the US Attorney in Montgomery, Ala., Youn

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by Phil Rockstroh

When a nation manifests a mixture of mass ignorance and official mendacity, in combination with uncheck power emanating from an insular and arrogant elite, a golden age of peace and plenty is as possible as holding a tea dance in a tsunami.

News Link • Global Reported By Phil Rockstroh
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