Global News Blog / IPS Friday, May 02, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Farid Ahmed DHAKA, May 2 (IPS) – Bangladesh’s military-backed interim government hopes that a ‘truth commission’ it plans to set up will give tainted businessmen an opportunity to revive their businesses and help put a badly flagging [...]
IRAQ: Corruption Eats Into Food Rations
May 2, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS Friday, May 02, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* FALLUJAH, May 2 (IPS) – Amidst unemployment and impoverishment, Iraqis now face a cutting down of their monthly food ration û much of it already eaten away by official corruption. Iraqis survived [...]
FINANCE: Oil Majors Rapped Over Secrecy, Corruption
April 29, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS Tuesday, April 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Abid Aslam WASHINGTON, Apr 29 (IPS) – Leading oil firms impede efforts to stamp out poverty and corruption by shrouding their financial dealings in secrecy, says a global watchdog. Transparency International, in a new report, says [...]
Q&A: ”Transgenic Seed Companies Lie and Bribe”
April 24, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS April 24, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Interview with Jesús León Santos, Winner of Goldman Prize* – Tierramérica MEXICO CITY, Apr 24 (IPS) – Biotech corporations that developed genetically modified seeds are bribing authorities and carrying out costly advertising campaigns ”plagued with lies in order [...]
