Daily Corruption News: 11 September 2012

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Posted 11 September 2012

Today's top story

Global: Small Indiana pension fund takes on big fight with Walmart
Indy Star

If Wal-Mart shareholders are successful in suing the retail giant over allegations regarding a suspected bribery scheme in Mexico, it will likely be thanks to a relatively small union pension fund in Indiana.



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Egypt: Egypt’s last PM referred to trial for corruption
Associated Press

France: Former French PM Villepin questioned by police
BBC

Mexico: Mexico’s president-elect proposes law to fight corruption, promote transparency in government
Associated Press

Russia: Russian anti-graft campaigner Navalny targets VTB banking giant
Reuters

UK: News corp. workers pay price for U.K. checkbook reporting
Bloomberg Businessweek



Multimedia of the week

Somalia: Bribery allegations blight Somalia election
Al Jazeera



Blogs and opinion

Global: Fighting ideals and reality of corruption
Arab News

India: India must scrap its repressive sedition laws
The Guardian



News from Transparency International

Web feature: Putting corruption out of business: Part 1
On the blog: Making Slovak state companies more transparent





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