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INDIA-VILLAGER-Ration Shop
(photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Deprivatising ration shops and doorstep delivery are two measures that can clear corruption
The Times Of India
By Ritwik Banerjee & Ritika Tewari | After four decades of implementing the public distribution system (PDS) as a move to eradicate hunger from the country, India still ranks a poor 15th amongst countries with chronic hunger situation. | According to the Global Hunger Index (GHI), India is among ver...
India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare speaks to the crowd during his hunger strike in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011.
(photo: AP / Gurinder Osan)
Anna Hazare in fresh appeal on anti-corruption bill
BBC News
Leading Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to "show some courage" and withdraw a "weak" anti-corruption bill introduced by the government. | Mr Hazare is taking a month's break after being discharged from a hospital earlier this month. | He fell ill a...
Morales ally jailed for corruption
Belfast Telegraph
A former close ally of Bolivian president Evo Morales has been convicted of corruption for taking bribes while running the state-run YPFB oil company and sentenced to 12 years in prison. | The court also handed a six-year sentence in absentia to an A...
Politics and Transcripts
The Examiner
| Every election year brings a heightened sense of anticipation for how things will turn out. Pulses quicken. Battle lines harden. Tempers flare. And the wing-nuts come out, with all their passion, their color, and, not least of all, their entertainm...
Cricketers say no corruption in Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
| AAP | A poll of more than 100 Australian cricketers indicates not one player thinks spot-fixing is an issue domestically. | The inaugural players' poll in February's edition of Inside Cricket magazine asked several questions including whether playe...
Beyoncé politics class to be taught at Rutgers University
Digital Spy
Beyoncé has become the topic of a new course offered at Rutgers University. | The New Jersey college's Department of Women's and Gender Studies will teach 'Politicising Beyoncé' to students interested in learning about the 'Countdown' singer's career...
 Stephen Colbert of the Comedy Channel´s "The Colbert Report" attends the "Night of Too Many Stars", a benefit for Autism Education, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin) nf2
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Stephen Colbert, The Next Ronald Reagan? Satirical Political Career Parallels Former President's
Huffington Post
| A mildly successful actor who spent years researching and refining his political beliefs, he reached a new level of fame and success after beginning a career of frequent, thinly-...
Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, announces he is ending his campaign, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
AP / Charles Dharapak
A political tip sheet for the rest of us
Atlanta Journal
| WASHINGTON — A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, for Monday, Jan. 16: GOP Presidential canidate Jon Huntsman waves goodbye to the media...
NBA star Yao Ming pauses after he announced his retirement during a press conference in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Yao has made it official, telling the packed news conference in his hometown that a series of injuries have forced him to retire from basketball. The Chinese characters on the background read: "Shanghai."
AP / Eugene Hoshiko
Retired basketball star Yao goes into politics
my SA
| SHANGHAI (AP) — Retired NBA star Yao Ming has added another line to his post-basketball resume — politician — becoming a member of an advisory body to Shanghai's legislatur...
Shared values shine through the dark side of politics
Canberra Times
| THE violent demonstration near Canberra's Aboriginal tent embassy on Australia Day was confronting political ugliness. What made it so dramatic was the image of a Prime Minister - who tripped and lost a shoe - being literally dragged to safety by h...
For Mesopotamians, sex, politics & beer were daily activities
The Times Of India
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet Sex, politics and beer -drinking appear to be among the top day-to-day activities of people in ancient Mesopotamia, according to a newly translated tablet dating back more than 3,500 years ago. The tablet, which seems to be...
Bandook a film on political dons
The Times Of India
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetBandook Another political thriller - Bandook - is all set to release this year. Producer-director Aditya Om says, "We worked on the script for more than two years, involving research on political dons. | What came out of res...
Economy
Barack Obama campaigning in New Hampshire.
(photo: Creative Commons / Marc Nozell)
Obama and GOP candidates offer a campaign preview
The Guardian
| DAVID ESPO | AP Special Correspondent= WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — On a day that combined two campaigns into one, President Barack Obama on Wednesday challenged Republicans to raise taxes on the rich as GOP rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich swiped at him on the economy and criticized each other over immigration. | With a week to go before t...
Politicians
Senior members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Saad el-Katatni, right, Mohamed Morsi, centre, and Essam el-Erian hold a press conference on the latest situation in Egypt in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011.
(photo: AP / Mohammed Abou Zaid)
Muslim Brotherhood not in Egypt presidency race
Zeenews
Cairo: The Muslim Brotherhood, the big winners of Egypt's parliamentary vote, will not field a candidate for the Egyptian presidency, its leader Mohammed Badie said on Thursday. | "The Muslim Brotherhood will not support (former member) Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh or any candidate who has an Islamic reference in the Presidential Elections," he said, q...



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