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Max Blumental reports on The Daily Beast that Sarah Palin may have quit her job today because she was trying to avert a major, yet-to-be-disclosed corruption scandal. The gist of the rumor is that an Alaska building company called Spenard Building...
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The candidacy of Mario Anguiano, running for governor in a state election here Sunday, says a lot about Mexican politics amid the rise of the drug cartels.
A brother...
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Two of Mexico’s famed midget wrestlers were found dead in a hotel room Wednesday, after apparently being drugged and robbed by prostitutes in the Moderna hotel...
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“What is at stake today is not just the result of an election, but rather the future of democracy, of representative institutions,” he said. “For years … crime...
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Filed under: News, Weird When Mexican officials discovered almost a ton of cocaine inside a shipment of frozen sharks, it was hard not to feel a tinge of respect for...
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If you know what’s good for you, fisherman Teodoro Contreras says, stay away from certain places after sunset on the beaches of Mexico’s southern...
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“I like what I do,” he told the police in a videotaped confession. “I don’t deny it.”
Mr. Reta was 13 when he was recruited by the Zetas, the infamous...
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Today in Cancún, police were led to an abandoned Jeep with three dead men announcing a new group, the Mata Zetas, or the Killers of Zetas. The Zetas are the armed...
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A stray golden retriever mix who had recently wandered into the hearts of a poor family outside Monterrey, Mexico, was deemed a hero today as he saved his four year old...
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A group of armed men blew up an ambulance Friday, apparently with a grenade, to kill a rival who was being transferred from one hospital to another.
The attackers,...
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I have seen many debates involving criminals, punishments, rehabilitation, and the death penalty. In general, although skeptical and at times cynical, I am a hopeful...
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I’m sorry, I just don’t get it. I know I tend to be both skeptical and cynical, but putting a statue of little Edgar Hernandez, Mexico’s first swine...
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Many of the firearms fuelling Mexican drug violence originated in the United States, says a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released...
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Scientists are genetically modifying a bizarre looking Mexican salamander, which according to ancient mythology is a transformed Aztec god, in the hope its ability to...
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One election spot shows a masked wrestler fighting drug traffickers and promising to crack down on cartels. Another ad vows to give the death penalty to kidnappers. A...
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The Mexican Navy says it has seized more than a tonne of cocaine hidden inside the carcasses of frozen sharks.
Armed officers found slabs of cocaine inside more than...
made popular Jun 17 2009
Mexican driver Carlos Pardo,33, has been killed in a brutal crash during the final laps of a NASCAR Mexico race, at Autodromo Miguel E. Abed, in Puebla.
Pardo was...
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The PAN (National Action Party) mayoral candidate for San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mauricio Fernández Garza, has been reported as establishing pre-election...
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Fame is always an inspiring force after any ambitious attempt and this useless 60.1 meter-long pair of trousers is one of them. Mexicans have made it only to get in the...
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The general director of of Mexico’s Social Security Institute, Daniel Karam, has accepted and announced investigative findings confirming irregularities in the...
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The Archdiocese of Mexico’s weekly “Desde la Fe,” has called on voters not to leave their ballots unchecked or to abstain from voting during the July 5 elections,...
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Bassam Eid is the founder and director of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG) based in east Jerusalem. It’s a thankless job and he’s between a...
made popular Jul 3 2009
Personnel of Pakistan Army, Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), and Pakistan Railways collectively top the number of natural gas defaulters in the country,...
made popular Jun 29 2009
“What is at stake today is not just the result of an election, but rather the future of democracy, of representative institutions,” he said. “For years … crime...
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Indian tennis star Sania Mirza lives below the poverty line, if government records in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh are to believed.
A special ration card for...
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The name itself is enough to stir the emotions of any auto enthusiast. It’s always a great feeling to be in possession of a Bentley car, but for all the 105 Bentley...
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The United Nations World Food Program [WFP] has long been known for inefficiency. Contrary to what some UN-opponents may, the trouble is often not within the United...
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This is a true story of an ingenious politician who was head of a government company which was to buy 40 buses for its transport fleet. After getting his palm duly...
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By far one of the most corrupt leaders on the world stage in the last decade has been French President Jacque Chirac. Despite his lofty demeanor suggesting, for some,...
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China is making a new attempt to stamp out illicit accounts known as “little coffers” - money which officials have skimmed from public funds.
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The fight against corruption in Africa’s most pivotal nations is faltering as public agencies investigating wrongdoing by powerful politicians have been undermined or...
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Once upon a time, far, far from our collective memory, this nation was a place where the people demanded better. On the occasion when some of the people tried to take...
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The land of mix culture, language, where there is a wide variety of people. A country known for its intelligence , hard working cadre, a land of brave soldiers, a large...
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The various scams in the Army goes on to prove why India has been ranked so high by Transparency International.It appears that Army is fast becoming last refuge of the...
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Iraq plans to arrest 1,000 officials for corruption after a scandal which has forced the resignation of the Trade Minister and is threatening the food supply of...
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India—you have no future! Here is the headline from a newspaper, the sort of headline that has us wringing our hands in despair. Threats to judges, government lawyers...
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Please comrades, do not get hyper like a bull on seeing the word” red”.This barb is not meant for you so please drop the gun & calm down.
I am talking about...
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Indian Politics! What everyone thinks, may be dirty sewage which stinks and everyone wants to get it clean. This is what I want to say about Indian Politics, statesman...
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The chief of Indonesia’s anti-corruption watchdog was arrested Monday and named a suspect in the murder of a prominent state company official, police and his...
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The apartment building where I stay is currently going through a face lift. New and more spacious balconies have been put up. My balcony was ready yesterday, so finally...
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This is a May 2004 file photo of former .Malawian President Bakili Muluzi . Bakili was arrested and charged with 80 counts of corruption and abuse of office Thursday, Feb, 26, 2009 weeks before his election bid to regain the presidency.
