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UK, France to join resource transparency initiative -sources
ReutersGENEVA/LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - The UK and French governments are set to join a global initiative that will require oil and mining firms to comply with new disclosure measures aimed at reducing corruption, sources involved in the process said on...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Politics, Summits, National Government, Mining
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COLUMN - Prosperity without power
Reuters(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde May 22 (Reuters) - In Moscow, they are "non-Soviet Russians." In New Delhi, they are a "political Goliath" that may soon awake. In Beijing and São Paolo, they are lawyers...Tags: Russia, Beijing (China), Periodicals, China, Elections
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Susan Hahn Susan Hahn was editor of TriQuarterly for 14 years. She is author of a recent novel, “The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter”; nine books of poetry, including “Self/Pity” and “The Scarlet Ibis”; and...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Environmental Pollution, Richard M. Daley, Entertainment, Chicago Police Department
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China charges six in sex video 'extortion' case
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - A court in the city of Chongqing has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them having sex, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. The six were charged with...Tags: Politics, Chongqing (China), Bo Xilai, Organized Crime, Blackmail and Extortion
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China charges six in sex video "extortion" case
ReutersBEIJING, May 22 (Reuters) - A court in the city of Chongqing has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them having sex, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. The six were...Tags: Politics, Chongqing (China), Organized Crime, Bo Xilai, Blackmail and Extortion
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Iran's rulers risk alienating voters by candidate bans
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's clerical rulers may have sought to remove any challenge to their grip by barring two vivid contenders from next month's presidential election, but they risk alienating voters already disillusioned by the violent aftermath of the...Tags: Ruhollah Khomeini, Politics, Lebanon, Iran, Polls
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Witness undermines case against Russian protest leader
Reuters* Governor doubts Navalny harmed Kirov region * Putin foe faces up to 10 years in jail if convicted * Navalny says testimony unlikely to bring acquittal KIROV, Russia, May 22 (Reuters) - A Russian official undermined state prosecutors' case against...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Politics, Trials, Russia, Labor Legislation
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Afghan security concerns to ease after 2014, Karzai says
NEW DELHI -- Afghan security after the departure of foreign combat troops in 2014 will become easier because of the ill-advised, misdirected and often corrupt ways NATO and its contractors have pursued the "war on terror," Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
Tags: Politics, Afghanistan, Government, Pranab Mukherjee, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Africa's hot bond market could overheat as U.S. funds pile in
ReutersBy Tim McLaughlin BOSTON, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. investors searching desperately for higher yields are piling into Africa's emerging bond markets but may not be getting paid enough for the chaos and uncertainty still stalking sub-Saharan countries, some...Tags: Africa, Wars and Interventions, Eaton Vance Corporation, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Finance
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Citadel's Kenneth Griffin exposes 'cronyism,' causes a stir at Economic Club
Citadel LLC founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the financially strapped state in a speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called a local CEO to talk to him...
Tags: Citadel LLC, Politics, Republican Party, Richard Nixon, Government
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Former Georgian prime minister arrested on corruption charges
ReutersTBILISI (Reuters) - Former Georgian prime minister Ivane Merabishvili was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday in what the opposition said was a witch-hunt against members of the ousted administration of President Mikheil Saakashvili. Ex-...Tags: Politics, Government Ministers, Prosecution, Ukraine, Mikheil Saakashvili
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