(October 19, 2005) Chile’s Supreme Court stripped former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet of his immunity from prosecution on Wednesday so he can face charges of tax fraud involving an estimated $27 million in offshore accounts, a court source told Reuters.
Downstream groups back a free-flowing Nu River
(October 19, 2005) As controversy swirls in China around development plans for the Nu River in Yunnan province, 90 environmental and community groups in Burma and Thailand have lodged their own appeal with Beijing to keep the pristine international river free of dams.
Speakers highlight plight of poor in debt-ridden countries
(October 19, 2005) Wahu Kaara speaks to students about the damage of third-world debt.
Worst corruption offenders named
(October 18, 2005) Corruption leads to much-needed resources leaking overseas.
Judiciary biggest obstacle to anti-corruption campaign
(October 14, 2005) The judiciary is the "biggest stumbling block" in the Philippine government’s effort to curb corruption, mainly because of its snail-paced trial of graft charges against corrupt government officials, Hong Kong’s former anti-corruption czar said.
The corruption quandary
(October 14, 2005) Iraq’s transitional government has issued arrest warrants for a former defense minister and 23 other officials for the misappropriation of more than $1 billion during the administration of Iraq’s interim government from June 2004 until April.
Pinochet money ‘from arms sales’
(October 14, 2005) Chile’s former military ruler, Augusto Pinochet, amassed some of his secret fortune with commissions from weapons sales, a state prosecutor has said.
Study planned for two dams
(October 4, 2005) Thailand’s energy planners have dusted off plans for mainstream Mekong dams studied by Canadian firm Acres International in the early 1990s.
Five years in Wuhan Women’s Prison for requesting fair treatment
Wang Xidong was attending a meeting at her son’s school when the police arrived for her. They took the mother of three away on April 21, 2004, and if she serves her full sentence, she won’t be home again until 2009.
Fighting fraud and corruption: World Bank fills out its armoury of counter measures
(October 3, 2005) Corruption remains a formidable barrier to development, the recently appointed World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said in his first address to the annual World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington.
Dictator-hunter homes in on ‘Africa’s Pinochet’
(October 3, 2005) A U.S. human rights lawyer who campaigns to bring ex-dictators accused of atrocities to justice has set his sights on snaring a former U.S.-backed ruler of Chad he calls "Africa’s Pinochet."
Chile re-evaluates Pinochet, Allende
(October 3, 2005) Augusto Pinochet has few public friends left; Salvador Allende’s reputation is being revived.
Loot: Let’s emulate Nigeria
(September 30, 2005) After years of negotiations, Switzerland has finally agreed to repatriate to Nigeria millions of dollars stolen and stashed in its banks by former dictator Sani Abacha.
The phantom of debt relief: a historical dimension
(September 30, 2005) "It is instructive that while African countries were earning huge royalties from the exploration of their mineral resources, their leaders did not stop at looting the treasury with the advice and connivance of their Western mentors and advisers."
Declaration of Havana, II South-North Consultation
(September 30, 2005) Resistance and alternatives to debt domination.
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