Month: August 2010

OPPOSITION Member of Parliament and former National Security Minister Dr Peter Phillips says a single anti-corruption agency is imperative in the fight to weed out corruption in the public domain, especially amongst those serving in […] […]

SEOUL, South Korea—On Day 2 of Jimmy Carter’s journey to North Korea, there was no sign Thursday that the former American president had succeeded in securing the release of a Boston man jailed in the […] […]

JOHANNESBURG—An exotic dancer from Moldova who was jailed for not paying her debts in South Africa has helped get the country’s debt law changed. Tatiana Malachi was brought to South Africa by a Cape Town […] […]

MEXICO CITY—The discovery of 72 slain Central and South American migrants on a ranch just south of the U.S. border provides a horrific reminder of the brutality of human trafficking in a country dominated by […] […]

LONDON—A tycoon who fled Britain almost two decades ago following the spectacular collapse of his business empire is returning to London to face charges of fraud, officials said Thursday. Asil Nadir told British media he […] […]

A LAWYER for two Swedish women says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sexually molested his clients. And he dismissed as “pure nonsense” the idea that their complaints were part of a high-level smear campaign against the […] […]