Former New Orleans mayor accused of corruption.

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Report: Ray Nagin Under Investigation

All elected officials, and those who help finance elections in the expectation that certain promises will be kept — and everyone who cares about the rule of law — should hope the Supreme Court agrees to hear Don Siegelman’s appeal of his conviction. Until the court clarifies what constitutes quid pro quo political corruption, Americans engage in politics at their peril because prosecutors have dangerous discretion to criminalize politics. Read full article > >

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Is it bribery or just politics?

Two fundraisers for President Obama are brothers of a casino magnate linked to violence and corruption in Mexico who is seeking a pardon.

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Major Obama Donors Are Tied to Pepe Cardona, Mexican Fugitive

It’s the symbol of all that’s wrong with Washington, the front line where the Occupiers dug their anti-authoritarian trenches , the boulevard that has been shorthand for capital corruption during recent Republican debates. Read full article > >

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K Street: The route of all evil, or just the main drag?

It’s the symbol of all that’s wrong with Washington, the front line where the Occupiers dug their anti-authoritarian trenches , the boulevard that has been shorthand for capital corruption during recent Republican debates. Read full article > >

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K Street: The route of all evil, or just the main drag?

International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell admits to the BBC that his department betrayed the name of an anti-corruption whistleblower in 2009.

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Minister in whistleblower apology

International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell admits to the BBC that his department betrayed the name of an anti-corruption whistleblower in 2009.

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Minister in whistleblower apology

Aid given by the UK to countries with a history of fraud and corruption should be conditional on them improving their governance, MPs say.

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MPs urge foreign aid conditions

The director of Afghanistan’s orphanages is trying to improve their management but must confront pervasive corruption and political favoritism.

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Defender of Orphans Contends With Afghan Corruption

But declares new anti-corruption law weak.

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Indian Activist Ends Hunger Strike

A debate over an anticorruption bill began Monday, while the activist Anna Hazare sought to rally public support for his own demands by beginning a three-day hunger strike in Mumbai.

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Indian Parliament Begins Debate on Corruption Bill

MOSCOW — Few of the Russians who intend to turn out Saturday to take part in what could be the largest push for democracy here in decades expect an early Christmas present. They do not voice confidence that their demands — an end to corruption, a more open political life — will be met overnight. And it is not yet clear what direction the new activists will take in the future. Read full article > >

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On eve of new Russian protest, movement remains fluid

PARIS — In a landmark decision, a French court convicted former president Jacques Chirac on Thursday of embezzling government money while he was mayor of Paris and handed him a two-year suspended sentence. The ruling against Chirac, at 79 a grandfatherly figure who is widely admired in the polls, stained a long record of political service that started under Charles de Gaulle and included two terms as president, from 1995 to 2007. His attorneys said he would not appeal but considered the verdict unjustified. Read full article > >

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French ex-president Chirac convicted of corruption

May risk U.S. racketeering and corruption act.

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James Murdoch Closer to Charges

The impeachment, which alleges corruption and biased judgments, is the product of a running battle between the chief justice and the president.

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Philippine Chief Justice Is Impeached