Nigeria's chief vows to fight corruption
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Nigeria's new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, was sworn in yesterday, pledging to be a humble "servant-leader" and to reform the electoral process to prevent future fraud, after the elections he won last month were widely condemned by international and local observers.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia&#39;s first popularly elected president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has promised to get tougher on terrorism and fight corruption after being sworn in to office.
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Nigeria's Senate is to investigate graft allegations made by President Obasanjo against his vice-president.
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Mayawati, the new Chief Minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state, promises to wipe out crime and corruption.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Corruption and mismanagement swallow about 40 percent of Nigeria's $20 billion annual oil income, anti-graft chief Nuhu Ribadu said yesterday.
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Nigeria's vice president is on a list of names released by the anti-graft agency it says are too corrupt to run in elections.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki pledged to tackle poverty and crime, speed up land redistribution to blacks and fight AIDS in a speech on Friday that focused on the country's most glaring social ills.
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The chief of Nigeria&#39;s main labour organization vowed that a four-day countrywide strike to protest fuel price hikes will go ahead Monday as planned, and accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of shunning dialogue to resolve union
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Guatemala's new president, Alvaro Colom, pledged on Monday to fight violence and drug trafficking as he took power in a country racked by crime.
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President Umaru Yar'Adua revealed personal wealth of $5 million on Thursday, saying public financial disclosures should be standard practice as Nigeria battles official corruption.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary General Kofi Annan pledged yesterday to get to the bottom of any wrongdoing by the United Nations in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal.
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A prominent militant leader tells Nigeria's vice-president he will try to help end violence in the oil region.
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Ukraine's new president tells business leaders his country is "deeply corrupt" and promises a crack-down.
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New Indonesian president Susilo Bambang  Yudhoyono vowed Wednesday to stimulate the economy and  personally lead the fight against pervasive corruption, but  urged his people not to expect miracles overnight.
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Nuhu Ribadu has come to represent integrity and rule of law in the corruption-plagued country.
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The chief of Nigeria&#39;s main labor organization vowed that a four-day nationwide strike to protest fuel price hikes will go ahead yesterday as planned, and accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of shunning dialogue to resolve union grievances.
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The former financial boss of Australia's monopoly wheat exporter has vowed to fight any criminal charges arising from a damning report alleging he approved hefty bribes to Saddam Hussein.