Read more corruption stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2542/corruption.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:28:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73870/chinese-complainers-kidnapped.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChinese citizens en route to Beijing to lodge complaints with China's central government are routinely nabbed by thugs and tossed into makeshift "black jails" where they are illegally detained for days or months, deprived of food and water, beaten and threatened—then sent back home without filing their complaints. So...http://www.newser.com/story/73870/chinese-complainers-kidnapped.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 4:44:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73843/us-ambassador-disagrees-on-afghan-troop-surge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US ambassador to Afghanistan—a former general who served there as recently as 2007—is against increasing troop levels until the Afghan government gets its act together. In classified cables ahead of President Obama’s deliberations on a surge, Karl Eikenberry cites rampant corruption and mismanagement in Hamid Karzai’s administration....http://www.newser.com/story/73843/us-ambassador-disagrees-on-afghan-troop-surge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 18:49:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73583/web-protests-win-surprise-traction-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe usually repressive Chinese government has been surprisingly tolerant of—and even responsive to—a wave of Internet petitions protesting local injustices and corruption. Online campaigns have gotten accused killers freed, officials fired, and charges dropped against a motorist who cut off his own finger to protest police entrapment, then...http://www.newser.com/story/73583/web-protests-win-surprise-traction-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 9:20:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73248/triad-trial-exposes-chinese-corruption.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA mass trial of Chinese gangsters in Chongqing has exposed a vast network of corruption amid the mega-city's police and Communist Party officials. Thousands of suspects, including dozens of high-ranking officials and top businessmen, have been arrested in an effort to crack down on the city's triads. Six have already...http://www.newser.com/story/73248/triad-trial-exposes-chinese-corruption.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 2:12:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73190/karzai-promises-change-taliban-disses-puppet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHamid Karzai made some sweeping but non-specific promises to banish corruption and reach out to opponents today in his first press conference since being re-elected by default. The Afghan president also reached out to "Taliban brothers," urging them to "embrace their land," but his overtures were scorned by insurgent leaders...http://www.newser.com/story/73190/karzai-promises-change-taliban-disses-puppet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 6:48:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72949/chirac-must-stand-trial-on-corruption-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer French President Jacques Chirac has been ordered to stand trial in an alleged corruption scandal dating back to his time as Paris mayor—a case that caught up with him in retirement once he lost the judicial immunity of France's highest office. A magistrate ordered Chirac, whose 12-year presidency...http://www.newser.com/story/72949/chirac-must-stand-trial-on-corruption-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 9:15:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72760/karzais-brother-a-bad-investment-for-cia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNo one in Afghanistan will be shocked by the allegations that Ahmed Wali Karzai is a drug runner on the CIA payroll, writes Aryn Baker. The accusations are old news, and Aghans have always figured brother Hamid for a US stooge anyway. But it’s probably fairly shocking to Americans, “who...http://www.newser.com/story/72760/karzais-brother-a-bad-investment-for-cia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 13:32:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72448/kerik-trial-pushed-back-after-leak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBernard Kerik has more time in jail to look forward to. The former NYPD commissioner’s federal corruption trial was postponed today, with no new date set for jury selection. Kerik’s trial was supposed to begin on Monday, but a delay was widely expected after a judge revoked his bail on...http://www.newser.com/story/72448/kerik-trial-pushed-back-after-leak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 14:35:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71634/karzais-government-too-rotten-to-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNo counterinsurgency campaign can succeed without a good government to work with, and Hamid Karzai's operation is nowhere near good enough, writes Thomas L. Friedman. Karzai's government is thoroughly corrupt and his election victory deeply tainted, Friedman notes in the New York Times . Much of the insurgency is now fueled...http://www.newser.com/story/71634/karzais-government-too-rotten-to-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 1:19:54 CDT