- Corruption Perceptions Index 2012
- How Corruption Is Strangling U.S. Innovation
- Newly Released Index Finds Perceived Corruption Increased After 'Arab Spring'
- Why Do People Defend Unjust, Inept, and Corrupt Systems?
- Corruption: It's Easier Than You Think
- President signs whistle-blower bill for US workers--The bill "affords greater protection to federal employees who expose fraud, waste and abuse in government operations."
- Julian Assange: the fugitive--"Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy for six months. In a rare interview, we ask the WikiLeaks founder about reports of illness, paranoia – and if he'll ever come out."
- U.N. Development Agency Launches Open Data Site To Track All $5.8B In Projects
- Bradley Manning: a tale of liberty lost in America
- WikiLeaks Suspect Bradley Manning: 'I Thought I Was Going To Die In That Cage'
- Bradley Manning 'wants to go into politics'
- China's challenge with corruption--"China's leaders have been decrying corruption - and doing very little about it - for decades. But some corruption experts say there may be reason for a little more hope this time around (NYT)."
- China surpasses U.S. as top global trader
- Mr. China Comes to America--"For decades, every trend in manufacturing favored the developing world and worked against the United States. But new tools that greatly speed up development from idea to finished product encourage start-up companies to locate here, not in Asia. Could global trade winds finally be blowing toward America again?"
- US software firm hacked for years after suing China
- Why one of China's richest men is squaring off against Obama in court--"Wu Jialiang, CEO of Ralls Corp. is challenging Obama's refusal on national security grounds to let him build a wind farm in America, marking the first such high level case in the US from a Chinese firm."
- When in China, don't leave your laptop alone--"If you travel to China or Russia, assume government or industry spooks will steal your data and install spyware. Here's how to thwart them."
- Top Ten Myths About China in 2012
- Toronto's combative mayor ordered to leave office
- Police looking for more suspects in Salvation Army theft
- Canada among least corrupt countries, report says
- How the Ministry of Defence tried to prevent publication of Danny Nightingale's story--"The Ministry of Defence tried to prevent The Sunday Telegraph from publishing SAS hero Danny Nightingale's story, explains Sean Rayment."
- UK Independence Party couple have foster children removed from care
- Russian mafia whistleblower, 44, found dead in UK
- Greece 'most corrupt' EU country, new survey reveals
- For Greece, Oligarchs Are Obstacle to Recovery NYT
- Greece can root out corruption – just like Hong Kong did
- Greeks Protest Racist Attacks on Immigrants
- Greeks turn to the forests for fuel as winter nears--"As austerity tightens its grip, many of the middle class find themselves in a desperate struggle to make ends meet."
- It's Official: Austerity Economics Doesn't Work
- Spain's unemployment heads to 5 million
- Mario Monti to quit as Italian PM amid waning support for austerity policies--"Prime minister announces decision hours after former leader Silvio Berlusconi confirms he will seek office again."
- Spain regions: Catalonia nationalists win election
- Scottish independence: Cameron and Salmond strike referendum deal
- IOC suspends India from Olympics after row over upcoming elections
- Serbia's NATO ambassador suddenly leaps 10 metres to his death at Brussels Airport
- Enslaved Children Freed After Being Forced to Make Christmas decorations
- Ireland: Man knifed in neck for challenging racist jibes, court hears
- Australia: 'Speak English Or Die'' Viral Video Update: Schmucks Identified
- Anger as Hungary far-right leader demands lists of Jews--"A Hungarian far-right politician urged the government to draw up lists of Jews who pose a 'national security risk', stirring outrage among Jewish leaders who saw echoes of fascist policies that led to the Holocaust."
