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Thailand's government hopes new legislation will curb official corruption. But some business-risk experts say the chief concern in fighting corruption in Thailand lies in political will and government stability. Thailand is enacting tough legislatio
Philippines Typhoon Aid Begins Transition to Long-Term Recovery 菲律宾台风援助开始过渡到长期复苏 MANILA Thirteen million people affected. Four million of them displaced, with one million homes destroyed. Two-and-a-half million individ
本单元是关于慈爱的忠告的对话 Michal: Hello, I've been sent to take you. Dad: I can't get a minute's peace around here! Michal: No wonders you love it here, your garden's beautiful. Dad: Thank you Michal. Just my luck though, neither Helen nor her mo
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 24 July 2006 Just three and a half years ago, the east African country of Kenya brimmed with hope that the new government of President Mwai Kibaki would honor its campaign pledge to stamp out widespread corruption. But a new ba
Rights groups in Nigeria have criticized the firing of the country's former anti-corruption chief from the police force for alleged insubordination. They say his dismissal was aimed at punishing a key voice in the fight against corruption in Nigeria
Free Press Eludes Burma Despite End of Censorship This week, newspapers in Burma will hit newsstands without ministry censorship for the first time since 1962. For the staff at The Myanmar Times, a Rangoon-based weekly, this is the first editorial me
Theophile Kouamouo (L), a French national and the editorial director of Le Nouveau Courrier, and senior editor Saint Claver Oula (R) walk handcuffed for their trial on theft of an official document to Adibjan's Justice Palace, 19 July 2010 In Ivory C
Indian laborers work on one of the venues of the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, 10 Aug 2010 India is preparing to host the Commonwealth Games in October a sporting event involving 71 nations. But the upcoming event is mired in allegations of corru
Landslide Vote for Modi Raises Expectations for Change in India 莫迪大获全胜印度民众期望高 WASHINGTON Hes been called polarizing, efficient and autocratic - often in the same sentence. No Indian politician has generated so much attention
Laos goes to the polls Saturday to elect representatives to its legislative branch, known as the National Assembly. The small, Southeast Asian nation is a one-party communist state and the candidates are determined by the party. 老挝本周末举行国
The communiqu noted that building clean politics and opposing corruption are important tasks in strengthening and standardizing political life within the Party. Zhuang Deshui from Peking University said a standardized intra-Party political environmen
The opposition filed a new impeachment bid against Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over alleged corruption, but analysts predict the bid will fail like three previous attempts. As VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins reports, the unpo
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 December 2007 The chairman of Nigeria's anti-corruption Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, has been ousted in a move criticized by anti-corruption campaigners. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that R
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 27 February 2008 International agencies are helping Indonesia prepare for a massive country-wide election in 2009 that will include local offices in hundreds of districts. As Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta, election offic
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 06 April 2006 The World Bank and Britain will send a team of investigators to Vietnam next month to look into possible fraud in aid projects worth tens of millions of dollars.
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 13 April 2006 The head of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, says the biggest obstacle to economic growth in Indonesia is the country's endemic corruption. Paul Wolfowitz
By Steve Herman New Delhi 08 June 2008 Media reports in Bangladesh say the military-backed interim government is poised to allow the medical release of two former prime ministers jailed for alleged corruption. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman in our S
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono gave an upbeat assessment on the state of the nation during his annual address to parliament and vowed to tackle the nation's energy crisis. VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has more. Ind
Four people have now died as a result of those Queensland floods, a three-year-old boy died when a tree fell on him and his mother in Brisbane. To the north, the city of Bundaberg remains in the grip of its worst flood on record. Critically ill patie
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 10 December 2007 Liberia's former transitional leader, Gyude Bryant, has appeared in court, after being arrested for missing earlier appearances in his continuing embezzlement trial. The court has given him until Friday to find