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News of the controversy came as a surprise to many of Stern’s colleagues, some of whom attest to her well respected reputation as an expert on terrorism.
It was no surprise, then, that when participants in a workshop at the summit were asked to identify the biggest barrier to economic progress, they overwhelmingly chose corruption. An Africa Competitiveness Report released at the forum also spoke of the heavy toll of such practices as "frequent bribes" and "political...
So perhaps my experience wasn't so random, after all. Sure enough, a few days after the forum, I received an e-mail from a friend saying his home in Cape Town had just been burgled on his birthday and two laptops, four passports and $5,000 in cash had...
After winning a third term in a 2000 election that was marred by allegations of ballot rigging, Fujimori abruptly fled for Japan and resigned his office - by fax. The new Peruvian government demanded his extradition, but Tokyo refused. Fujimori's parents had supposedly registered his birth with the Japanese embassy...
Now it looks like Europe's turn. Cocaine use has roughly tripled in Europe over the past decade, while U.S. consumption of the drug has tailed off, according to U.N. figures released in June. Although only 3% of Europeans report having taken cocaine, according to the European Monitoring Center for...