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Bringing the fight against corruption to the Millennium Development Goals
Transparency International (press release) (blog)
In a few days, an array of world leaders and thinkers – from politicians to Nobel Prize winners- will meet in Liberia to debate the state of the world's development and where we are going. They have been called together as part of a high level panel ...

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BBC News
Man charged over east Belfast flag protest riot
BBC News
Man charged over east Belfast flag protest riot. Riot police There was disorder in east Belfast when the protesters returned. A 20-year-old man arrested over serious disorder in east Belfast has been charged with a number of offences. They include ...
Man on riot constable attack chargeU.TV

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By all measures, 2012 was full of successes in the battle against these egregious human rights violations, but even more so, the stage is set for 2013 to be a truly historic turning point in the fight against human trafficking. Amol Mehra http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amol-mehra/

MIAMI -- A West Kendall man faces murder charges after police say he stabbed his wife multiple times during a dispute on January 21. What... Joey Francilus http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joey-francilus/

Drunk driving is never good, but a Massachusetts man arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence at least made his arrest easy: He was... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

A former police chief has been convicted in the 2000 murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze, the BBC reports. Olexiy Pukach has been sentenced to life in prison in the high-profile case; the court says he killed Gongadze and cut off his head afterward. Pukach has confessed to the killing, saying...

Jury trial continued in 2010 Hampton murder case
Daily Press
HAMPTON — A jury trial was continued Tuesday in Hampton Circuit Court for two men charged in a 2010 killing. Newport News residents Sir Lord Holmes and Travis Jarrod Fling, both 23, are charged in the Oct. 21, 2010 shooting death of Davon Tyrell ...

All charges have been dropped against the first suspect arrested in connection with last week's shooting at a Texas community college that left three wounded, officials said Monday.

Graham: Hillary Clinton 'got away with murder' on Benghazi
The Hill (blog)
C.) said Monday he believed outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "got away with murder" on her testimony on last year's terrorist attack in Benghazi. "I haven't forgotten about Benghazi. Hillary Clinton got away with murder, in my view," Graham ...

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Infuriated that his online game had been interrupted by a spotty Internet connection at an Internet cafe, a Chinese gamer allegedly murdered the establishment's owner... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dominique-mosbergen/

Pouring money into a bottomless pit of corruption
The Nation
Recent revelations about massive economic losses resulting from widespread illegal activities in Thailand are alarming indeed, but unfortunately not surprising. The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) has cited a figure from Washington-based ...

Jason Archer, 36, allegedly tried to steal nearly $1200 in merchandise. But he was still given a free parting gift by police.

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Jason Archer, 36, allegedly tried to steal nearly $1200 in merchandise. But he was still given a free parting gift by police.

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Gamespy.com
Riot Games Opens Up About League of Legends' Season 3
Gamespy.com
Still, it's better to wear that crown than be a challenger for it, and for the moment, Riot Games is the undisputed king of the MOBA genre, with LoL racking up over a billion hours played per month and drawing in a large number of professional gamers ...
Riot Games and ESL unite to produce League of Legends Championship Series ...Gamasutra

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WKYC-TV
Ohio police captain exonerated of ex-wife's murder after 14 years in prison
Fox News
CINCINNATI – A former Ohio police captain who has spent nearly 15 years in prison in his ex-wife's killing was exonerated Tuesday by a judge who said that new DNA tests proved his innocence and that no reasonable jury that saw the test results would ...
Judge clears Doug Prade in ex-wife's murderWKYC-TV
Former Ohio Police Captain Exonerated Of MurderNBC4i.com
Police Captain Convicted of Murder To be ReleasedCleveland News - Fox 8
Akron Beacon Journal -Milton Daily Standard
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The cause of crime: exposure to lead
Deseret News
Lead may also explain why cities have more crime per capita than other areas — lead (and therefore lead exposure) is more concentrated there. A study published in Environment International last year found a link between childhood lead exposure and ...

Corruption and Cover-Up in the Kremlin: The Anatoly Serdyukov Case
The Atlantic
Second, since Putin's own belated attempts to address this national pandemic with a cosmetic anti-corruption campaign, focusing on the former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, the Kremlin has quietly legitimated a major aspect of Magnitsky's findings ...

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The Week UK
British man held over French murder
The Guardian
A British man has been arrested in France over the murder of a woman who was attacked while out jogging, police said. The woman's body was discovered on a track in Nimes, south-west France, last Thursday. Reports said the arrested man was 32 and ...
Jogger's death in France: British man held by policeThe Independent
Nimes murder: Brit arrested in France after woman killedThe Week UK
British man arrested after mother-of-three is murdered while out jogging in FranceMirror.co.uk
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Caterpillar Chief Faults China Unit
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Caterpillar Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Doug Oberhelman on Monday blamed a $580 million write-down in the value of a Chinese company acquired last year on accounting “misconduct” by several former senior managers there who “fabricated ...

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A former Michigan Supreme Court justice pleaded guilty Tuesday to bank fraud, eight days after she quit the state's highest court... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-abbeylambertz/