- James Murdoch called back to U.K. parliament over hacking scandal
- Met finds secret phone at centre of NI hacking--"Specialist detectives from the Metropolitan Police have discovered the existence of a secret mobile phone within News International's east London headquarters that was used in more than 1,000 incidents of illegal hacking."
- Lies, damned lies and News International
- New Documents Shows News Corp. Approved $1.2 Million Payoff After Learning of 'Fatal' Evidence
- Murdoch’s paper may have hacked nearly 5,800 celebrities, politicians, athletes, more
- Murdoch writes off $91m for shutting News of the World in hacking scandal
- Fomer News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks received $2.7 million payout
- Focus: Brazil--"Over the last two decades, thanks largely to government policy, the poverty rate in Brazil has halved. With this, income inequality (measured by the Gini coefficient) has also fallen sharply, declining on average by 1.2% a year."
- Formula 1 Meets Poverty--"India undoubtedly needs its billionaires. But at the same time, it’s troubling that so many of India’s wealthy businessmen are forsaking their social responsibilities."
- Britain's top directors condemned as "elite greedy pigs" after a 49% pay rise last year, while average workers failed even to keep up with inflation
- Corruption Scandals in Austria: A Web of Sleaze in Elegant Vienna
- Brazil Takes Hard Line On Corruption Salon
- UP cop calls Mayawati govt corrupt, dumped in mental asylum--"A senior police officer was on Friday night allegedly manhandled and forcibly dumped into a mental asylum after he took on Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati by alleging massive corruption in the state."
- Strauss-Kahn sex case: French inquiry dropped--And the one who brought up the charges says she will not pursue a civil case. Successful hatchet job.
- Leaked document reveals plans to 'eliminate' Russia's enemies overseas
- Stolen data to be used to prosecute tax dodgers
- Uruguay overturns amnesty for military-era crimes
- US double standard: Gaddafi bad, Karimov good--"[T]here are two sets of ethical standards in America's dealing with other countries. Enemies are held to the strictest standards. Allies get a pass. This double standard is the number-one cause of anti-Americanism in the world."
- Italians rally against Berlusconi
- Italy's Berlusconi Agrees To Resign After Passing Austerity Bill
- Italy Pushed Closer to Financial Brink NYT
- Italy's debt crisis: 10 reasons to be fearful
- European debt crisis spiralling out of control
- Donations flood in as Ai Weiwei faces hefty fine
- Mother's fight to exonerate executed son galvanizes China
- Anger in China as bodies 'fall from carriages' during train crash clean-up
- 700 metres of the Great Wall of China collapses due to excessive mining
- Chen Xianmei’s Tragedy--"China seems to have become so utilitarian that it can’t understand or even tolerate people who do things for altruistic reasons." And even more tragic is that the girl has died.
