(July 5, 2008) Spanish newspaper P√∫blico reports on Beijing’s water crisis.
Riggs investigators find possible crimes
(July 4, 2008) Riggs Banks investigators have discovered evidence of possible criminal activities by some former employees who managed accounts of ex-Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. The investigation could pose problems for the pending sale of Riggs to PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
Book paints sad picture of corruption
(July 4, 2008) A new book on the extent of corruption in Kenya says it has permeated all sectors of the society, including the church. The Monster Called Corruption identifies some of the most affected areas as the public service, the councils, the private sector, non-governmental and religious organisations and trade unions.
Prevention of Corruption Act: How effective is it?
(July 4, 2008) Rooting out corruption is a pre-condition for a successful democracy.
Corruption’s threat to democracy
(July 4, 2008) United Nations: Last fall the General Assembly produced a new treaty that many would say was long overdue – the U.N. Convention Against Corruption.
The Chixoy dam and the massacres at Rio Negro, Agua Fria, Xococ, and Los Encuentros
Princeton University report on World Bank Accountability and the Rio Negro massacres.
The divine power of profit
A dam near the source of the White Nile would obliterate the Bujagali Falls: a spiritual site for Uganda’s 2.5 million-strong minority Busoga, who believe their tribe’s spirits reside in the churning water; and a tourist river-rafting destination.
CHINA: ‘Within a generation Beijing will cease to exist’
(July 1, 2008) According to a newly published report by Probe International, Beijing’s 200 or so rivers and streams are drying up and many of the city’s reservoirs are nearly empty.
Stress changes from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and increased hazard in the Sichuan basin
(July 1, 2008) An article published recently in the journal Nature provides in-depth details about the area where the Wenchuan earthquake hit and particularly the state of stress in the crust of the Earth in the area.
Electricity of Vietnam: ADB finances 156-MW hydro dam near Lao border
(July 1, 2008) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved funds for the Song Bung 4 hydropower project in Vietnam.
Tough line on graft in Georgia
(June 30, 2008) The presumption that one is not guilty until the court decides so is violated in many cases. If methods of the new government are the same as the old one’s, then what was the meaning of the revolution?”
PUC’s final answer is no to electricty rate increase
(June 30, 2008) Belize’s Public Utilities Commission has turned down Belize Electricity Limited’s (BEL) application to increase electricity rates, reports 7 Newsbelize.
China to keep looking for likely extinct dolphin
Beijing: Chinese scientists will continue to search for a rare freshwater dolphin unique to the Yangtze River, although it is possibly extinct after a 38-day search failed to find any, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
Three Gorges opens floodgates to feed thirsty Yangtze
Beijing: China’s Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydropower project in the world, has opened its floodgates to ease water shortages not seen along the Yangtze River since the Qing Dynasty, state media said on Thursday.
Three Gorges dam opens floodgates to ease water shortages in the Yangtze
The Three Gorges Dam in central China’s Hubei Province Thursday has opened its floodgates to ease the severe water shortages along the Yangtze River.
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