Word: corrupter
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...With the exception of drought, Africa has not experienced many of the natural disasters that affect other areas. We are, however, plagued by man-made disasters resulting from our corrupt leaders' mismanagement and plunder of our natural resources. The result is that masses of our people wallow in penury. Stella Ahumibe Owerri, Nigeria...
...have been taken, casualties and fatalities will be minimal in the event of another tsunami. Augustine C. Ohanwe Vantaa, Finland With the exception of drought, Africa has not experienced many of the natural disasters that affect other areas. We are, however, plagued by man-made disasters resulting from our corrupt leaders' mismanagement and plunder of our natural resources. The result is that masses of our people wallow in penury. Stella Ahumibe Owerri, Nigeria Guantánamo Farewell While the release of the final four British citizens held for three years at the Guantánamo prison camp was welcome...
...speech, believing that this grand vision of global democracy is merely cover for the expansion of unregulated global capitalism and the exploitation that inevitably comes with it. This is especially true of a man whose ideological forebears (Ronald Reagan and George Bush I) installed a number of dictators and corrupt regimes in the name of ensuring democracy over communism. Even some of those on the right are hesitant to embrace Bush’s message, wondering aloud where the isolationist Texas governor who campaigned in 2000 is now. The cost of the Iraq war and the expansion of government...
...still jittery after Ukraine's orange revolution, fearing that some of the popular unrest that defeated Moscow's candidate for President might spill across the border. And independent Duma Deputy Vladimir Ryzhkov insists that the danger is real: "These spontaneous protests signal the moral end of Putin's corrupt secret-police regime," he told TIME. In some regions, such as Chelyabinsk in the Urals and Kemerovo in Siberia, authorities caved in and reinstated the transport benefits, if only temporarily. But scores of protesters were also charged with misdemeanors, such as violating public order and impeding transport. Pro-Putin Duma Deputy...
...fear is that turning over chunks of state power to entrenched oligarchs will make Yushchenko's government little different from its predecessor. The Ukrainian economy is a haven for venality and insider deals: as the U.S. State Department puts it, its economy "remains burdened by excessive government regulation, corruption and lack of law enforcement." The anticorruption watchdog Transparency International calls it one of the world's most corrupt countries, on par with Sudan and just above Iraq. Still, others are confident that Yushchenko is committed to transforming Ukraine's corrupt economy and institutions into a more robust democracy. Mykola Yakovyna...