corruption
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A TV Network Prematurely Reports Nelson Mandela Died–Do Some Want Him Gone? By Danny Schechter
New York, New York: A South African media outlet, no doubt eager to be first, aired a TV obituary of Nelson Mandela. It was very positive and respectful, except for the fact he hadn’t died. Continue reading
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Secret Documents Expose Offshore’s Global Impact
ICIJ has just launched the largest investigative reporting project in its 15-year history. Drawing on a leaked cache of 2.5 million records, ICIJ (a project of the Center for Public Integrity) has cracked open the secrets of more than 120,000 offshore companies and trusts and about 130,000 individuals and agents, exposing hidden dealings of politicians,… Continue reading
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The BBC and Iraq Ten Years On By David McQueen
The tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq was marked in Baghdad with a wave of deadly bombings that killed at least sixty people and injured over two hundred. In Britain the anniversary brought on a wave of retrospectives and handwringing recollections by the likes of the BBC’s John Simpson. Simpson and other media pundits… Continue reading
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Iraq and the Betrayal of a People – Impunity Forever? By Hans Christof Von Sponeck
Ethnic tension and sectarianism have become a major element in Iraqi politics since the US/UK invasion of 2003, a polarization of inter-group relations Iraqis had not known before. This explains much of the existing hideous crime including murder, kidnapping, property destruction and, most noteworthy, the deteriorating relationships between Baghdad and the three northern Kurdish governorates. Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 617: THE SCOURGE OF VIOLENCE: KENYA, MALI, SOUTH AFRICA AND HAITI
22 February 2013 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 4 February 2013: EU: Solidarity or militarisation?
4 February 2013 — Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EU: Council of the European Union: Visa lists and Intra-Corporate Transferees2. USA: BODY SCANNERS: Rapiscan Backscatter Contract Terminated – Units to be Removed3. EU: Solidarity or militarisation? Proposed ‘solidarity clause’ legislation criticised for lack of clarity and “encouraging armament” Continue reading
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Fukushima “Decontamination” Measures Are Making Things Worse
Cleanup crews in Fukushima Prefecture have dumped soil and leaves contaminated with radioactive fallout into rivers. Water sprayed on contaminated buildings has been allowed to drain back into the environment. And supervisors have instructed workers to ignore rules on proper collection and disposal of the radioactive waste. Continue reading
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South Africa: The road from 1996 to Mangaung By Terry Bell
The tortuous road to the governing ANC’s centennial conference at Mangaung ends next week. And, not to put too fine a point on it, much of the country is gatvol with the route it has taken and where it has arrived. Continue reading
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The commodification of crap and South Africa’s toilet apartheid By Patrick Bond
In central Durban, the mafia of the global water and sanitation sector – its corporate, NGO and state-bureaucratic elite – have gathered at the International Convention Centre, just a few blocks west of the Indian Ocean, into which far too much of our excrement already flows. They’re at the same scene of the crime as,… Continue reading
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Video: Assange to RT: Entire nations intercepted online, key turned to totalitarian rule
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says all the necessary physical infrastructure for absolute totalitarianism through the internet is ready. He told RT that the question now is whether the turnkey process that already started will go all the way. Continue reading
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The Long and the Short of Press Regulation By Dan Hind
Free expression is important. Its importance is often couched in terms of the common good. A society in which people can speak freely is one in which injustice can be remedied, corruption punished and so on. But it is also a good for the individual. Free speech is best means by which we can discover… Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 606: THE STRUGGLE FOR POLITICS OF HUMAN DIGNITY
16 November 2012 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 8 March 2012
8 March 2012 — williambowles.info Wikileaks: US-led NATO Troops Operate Inside Syria Syrian Radio & TV Online A document released by the WikiLeaks website has revealed that undercover US-led NATO forces are operating inside Syria against the Syrian government. WikiLeaks released a confidential email from an analyst working for the US-based intelligence firm … Continue reading
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Government bought and sold by Murdoch’s News Corp
Corruption across Whitehall! Three words I never expected to put in one sentence, but the evidence of Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers from Scotland Yard at the Leveson Inquiry is complete dynamite. Continue reading
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Russia's White Revolution By Eric Walberg
All the meticulous plotting to avoid Ukraine’s Orange Revolution resulted in — Russia’s very own coloured one. But Russia is not Ukraine, discovers Eric Walberg Continue reading
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ASBO bans East Yorkshire blogger Christopher Perry, 65, from talking to vicar for 10 years
‘This is a gagging order that goes far beyond an Asbo. I think it gives a sign to other people not to complain about things or challenge anything. Continue reading
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