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Bangladesh: Corruption Reduction Policy Under Question

Posted by Rezwan on 19/11/2009

This year Bangladesh improved her position in the Transparency International corruption perception index. However citing some recent lapses, Habib Siddiqui questions: “How committed is Bangladesh Government about boosting the Corruption Perception Index?”

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Serbia: Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Pavle Dies

Posted by Sinisa Boljanovic on 18/11/2009

Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Pavle, died on Sunday, November 15. On Monday, Serbias government declared a three-day mourning. Sinisa Boljanovic translates some of the reactions from the Serbian blogoshere.

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Western Sahara: Aminatou Haidar Deported

Posted by Jillian C. York on 18/11/2009

Aminatou Haidar is a leading activist for independence of the Western Sahara (from Morocco). On Friday, November 13 when, upon returning to Laayoune (a city in the Western Sahara region), she was arrested and subsequently deported. Jillian C. York rounds up the reactions of bloggers.

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Barbados, Jamaica: Corruption Perception

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 18/11/2009

The 2009 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index is out and although Living in Barbados always takes the results “with a pinch of salt”, he notes that “greasing palms is unfortunately seen as a part of doing business worldwide.”

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Ukraine: News and Views Roundup

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 17/11/2009

Ukraine roundup: flu and politics - at What's Up, Ukraine? and at Jamestown Foundation Blog, here and here; the latest on the tense relationship between the Ukrainian president and PM - at Ukrainiana, as well as two posts - here and here - on one of the 18 presidential candidates, Vasyl Protyvsi ...

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