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...impressed by your reporting on India's drive to become an economic superpower in the next decade. As an Indian living in the West, I know that India is still crippled by government ineptitude, graft and a weak infrastructure, but it has come a long way since gaining independence. India is not only a self-sufficient economic and nuclear power but also the world's largest democracy. India has tradition, culture, a sense of community and, best of all, values that have been passed down over thousands of years. I hope that those values are not lost in India...
...opponents after the turbulent World Cup quarterfinal of 1966, describing the South Americans as "animals." Ramsey, it might be said, did not merely want victory: he wanted his men to demonstrate that they were better people as well. Here and there around the international sporting arena, however disguised by graft, intrigue and cupidity, something of this elemental spirit precariously survives...
...that Lopez Obrador’s credentials on democracy were “ambiguous” because as mayor of Mexico City he at times ignored the mandates of the local legislature, challenged the authority of the Mexican Supreme Court, and obstructed the operations of the renowned international anti-graft organization, Transparency International. But he hastened to add that comparing Lopez Obrador to Chavez is unfair—the former was not a military general, did not stage a coup, and, in fact, came up through the ranks...
...corruption, police abuse and an unchecked drug trade have bolstered the Taliban claims. A former mujahedin commander who fought with the Taliban against the occupying Soviet army in the 1980s says the Taliban now has a dedicated propagandist who furthers the cause by perpetuating and promoting rumors of police graft and government failures. The Taliban even maintains a website that lists occurrences of police corruption and reports of coalition attacks on innocent civilians www.alemarah.org in Pashto and Arabic...
...Vietnam's Communist Party; in Hanoi. Known as a canny consensus-builder, Manh remains head of a party beset by recent corruption scandals, including the resignation of the minister of transport over accusations he failed to prevent embezzlement of state funds by several officials. Manh pledged to combat graft while maintaining Vietnam's robust economic growth by accelerating market reforms...