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...country's lackluster political class still oversees a system of corrupt and malign decision-making that has failed to meet the most basic needs of its 500,000 citizens. Trust in the public sphere is virtually nonexistent, and by almost every measure of well-being, Solomon Islanders are the region's poor relations, their natural resources sold cheaply or stolen. "It's like Solomon Islands fell down a well," says Johnson Honimae, until recently general manager of the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation and now head of the government's information unit. "We are hurt, the water...
...major players are finally being called to account. In September, Agriculture Minister Alex Bartlett was arrested on charges of demanding money with menace, assault and arson after an incident in 2000. Other big fish are being investigated, and more charges are expected soon. The paper trail of bribes and corrupt decisions is surprisingly well preserved, says a law enforcement official...
Munir Said Thalib had more enemies than he could count. The 38-year-old founder of Kontras, a hard-charging human-rights watchdog, had challenged just about every powerful institution in Indonesia: the military, intelligence agencies, and government bureaus and big businesses suspected of corrupt practices. In his six years with Kontras, Munir received numerous death threats. In 2003, someone threw a bomb at his house in Jakarta, although it caused no damage...
...work on Friday. I've got to get money, money, money, money. And I only listen to the people who give me money. With the shortage of time and everything else, you've got to listen to the $1,000 givers. I mean, no individual is corrupt, but the body has been corrupted. I've been trying to put in a constitutional amendment to regulate or control spending in federal elections. I had 12 Republicans supporting it in the '80s. Now I can't get a Republican because they say, 'Wait a minute. We've got the money. [The Democrats...
...vote for a new President, optimists say, holds the key to progress. Bush had joined Sharon in spurning peace negotiations on the grounds that Arafat let violence flourish under his corrupt, incompetent authoritarian rule and so was not an acceptable partner for peace. For more than two years the U.S. and Israel turned their backs on the Palestinians. For those who construed Sharon's rejection of Arafat as an excuse to avoid negotiations altogether, the prospect of new management offers the Palestinians a chance to call the Israeli leader's bluff--though Israel was happy to ignore Arafat's legitimacy...