Corruption
Corruption, a serious problem in many Asian countries today, refers to "the misuse of public power, office, or authority for private benefit—through bribery, extortion, influe...
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Corruption
Corruption derives from the Latin verb corrumpere, which means to break into pieces, destroy, defraud, falsify, seduce, or bribe. But the meanings hardly end with those. They are merely one...
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Military: Three days after a national security adviser discussed the possibility of reinstating conscription, the Pentagon rightly set the record straight Monday. Americans will not be dragooned in...
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The jails of this crowded, sweltering city are getting crowded, and not with your typical prisoners.There's the previous prime minister's son. There's the disgraced deputy planning minister, a one-...
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Six suspects in a corruption probe of German electronics company Siemens AG have been released from custody after providing evidence that supports the allegations against them, prosecutors said Fri...
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Most Vietnamese cower when a cop squeezes them for a bribe. Le Hien Duc, a gray-haired 75-year-old grandmother, fights back.Four-foot-nine and weighing just 88 pounds, she'll take on anyone, from l...
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British authorities were investigating claims Monday that a member of Uganda's governing party secured a job in the British immigration service and stymied asylum applications of political opponent...
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One former state representative is guilty of bribery. Three more await trial on similar charges. The state's lone congressman is under federal investigation for corruption. A U.S. senator just had ...
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Former state Sen. John Ford "saw a great opportunity" when he met undercover FBI agents posing as dishonest businessmen with money to spread around, a prosecutor told a federal jury Tuesday."And th...
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