Australia one of least corrupt nations in world
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TONY EASTLEY: While our biggest neighbour, Indonesia, battles with corruption, take heart Australia, it seems we are amongst the least corrupt nations in the world.
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A decade and a half of economic growth,  rising incomes and a housing boom hasn't made Australians --  traditionally proud of their country's "Lucky Country" moniker  -- any happier.
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Washington: India is among the five countries in the world where political parties are seen by the general public as the most corrupt, according to a survey released by the Transparency International (TI).
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WASHINGTON -- Iraq now ranks as the second-most unstable country in the world, worse than war-ravaged or poverty-stricken countries such as Somalia, Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, Congo, Afghanistan, Haiti, and North Korea, according to the 2007 Failed States index issued yesterday by Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace.
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The Philippines remained the worldâs 11th most corrupt nation in a field of 146 countries evaluated by the London-based Transparency International (TI).
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Australia brushes off criticism from China over a visit to Melbourne by the Dalai Lama.
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SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s push to forge a closer alliance with the United States and his strong rhetoric on the war on terror have only added to his negative image among Asian voters and Asia at large.
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Thailand ranked higher in an influential annual list of corrupt countries released on Wednesday, showing slightly results in the country&#39;s anti-corruption fight over the past year.
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NEW DELHI, Oct. 20. - India is not only a corrupt country. It also refuses to shed the dubious distinction. A report prepared by Transparency International India has ranked India 90th in the annual global corruption index released today.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - Australia will become the first country in the Southeast Asia Pacific region to be armed with long-range stealth cruise missiles in a move that could irritate its neighbours, a newspaper said Thursday.
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An official inquiry into the corruption that riddled the UN oil-for-food program in Iraq has cleared the Australian government but cited 12 top executives for bribing Saddam Hussein's regime.
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The impact of corruption continues to grow in nations around the world.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Thursday rejected UN secretary-general Kofi Annan&#39;s claims that last year&#39;s Iraq war was &quot;illegal,&quot; while a British
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Corrupt police officers were linked with a bloody gangland war which raged for years in the country&#39;s second largest city, Australian police confirmed Friday.
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Australia's government presents a formal apology for past wrongs inflicted on the Aboriginal community.
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by our Internet desk, 16 September 2004. Australian Prime Minister John Howard has launched a stinging attack on the United Nations, describing it as &quot;paralysed&quot;.
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TONY EASTLEY: For years Australia&#39;s economy has been going at a cracking pace. Boom and surge were the words that accompanied the Treasurer&#39;s descriptions of the economy as Australia enjoyed growth not seen since the 1960s.