New Orleans cracks down on corruption
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Fed up with crime and political corruption, New Orleans' business leaders in 1952 organized to flush out the twin poisons they believed were harming economic development.
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Bangladeshi authorities are to name publicly hundreds of corruption suspects, including former ministers, as part of a major graft crackdown by the new interim government, according to an official.
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The city's police department, tarnished in the past by charges of brutality and racism, is defending itself against fresh criticism over how often officers decide whom to stop and search on the streets.
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Louisiana has distributed less than $2 billion in federal aid to communities hit by Hurricane Katrina, drawing complaints from some New Orleans officials that the state is slowing their recovery.
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Security forces arrested four former government ministers, two mayors and a top businessman Tuesday as the military-backed emergency government stepped up an anti-corruption drive, news reports said.
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Four men were killed in one shooting and a fifth was gunned down in a separate incident hours later, the latest round of killings as the city struggles to rein in drug- and gang-related violence that has accompanied the recovery from Hurricane Katrina, police said Saturday.
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NEW ORLEANS - A judge has partially lifted a court order that required a New Orleans hotel to shut down due to rat infestation.  Two floors of the New Orleans Grand Palace Hotel's 17 floors reopened for guests on Friday, after Civil District Judge Nadine M. Ramsey lifted the order.
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A new survey by Transparency International (TI), an anti-graft organisation, also rated Nigeria, Chad, Myanmar, Azerbaijan and Paraguay among the world&#39;s most corrupt nations.
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By Charles Rabin, The Miami Herald  Feb. 16--A significantly watered-down version of a proposed ordinance to strip Miami-Dade Police of powers to investigate corruption at County Hall passed a key committee Thursday after being endorsed by the mayor and police director.
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Government forces are cracking down on protesters in the wake of Thursday's controversial vote.
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With New Orleans still waiting for an infusion of federal cash and a rebuilding plan, the mercurial reelected  mayor has   his work cut out for him.
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The federal government said Wednesday it will demolish some of the largest public housing projects in New Orleans, using the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to help improve poor, crime-ridden neighborhoods.
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Business in the gambling halls of Biloxi, Miss., has reached all-time highs in recent months, and a similar story has been unfolding in New Orleans.
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The New Orleans mayor could fill a vacuum if the state's most influential African-American politician goes down
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20 -- Police used chemical spray and stun guns Thursday on protesters who tried to force their way into a City Council meeting, the latest strife over plans to demolish 4,500 public housing units in a redevelopment project that council members unanimously supported.
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A crackdown on dealers and users of drugs including cocaine and heroin is launched by English and Welsh police.
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A U.S. congressman from Louisiana, under investigation by the FBI after they found $90,000 in cash in his freezer, was endorsed by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Saturday and vowed that allegations of bribery would not hurt his re-election campaign.