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International

BBC News Interview: Somalia still top of corruption list (video)
Transparency International's latest annual report has ranked 180 countries based on perceived levels of corruption in the public sector, and found war-torn nations were the most corrupt. Afghanistan, Iraq, Burma were among the lowest-ranked, with conflict-ridden Somalia at the bottom for the second year running.

Corruption fears in Mideast still a big problem - survey
Arabian Business

Afghanistan, Iraq among the world's most corrupt
Associated Press

Balkans show little progress in fighting corruption, report shows
Balkans.com Business News

War-torn nations 'most corrupt'
BBC

U.S, world leaders fall short in Corruption fight, group says
Bloomberg

Global corruption report shows lingering east-west divide in Europe
Deutsche Welle

Emerging economies falter in graft survey
Financial Times

Bulgaria ties with Macedonia, Greece and Romania in TI corruption index
Sofia Echo

New Zealand tops Denmark as world's least corrupt nation
Reuters

Can Africa shake the corruption curse?
Reuters Blogs

Iran drops in corruption list amid calls for new urgency in the West
The Independent

Stamp out bank secrecy, corruption watchdog says
Agence France-Presse

National

BBC Radio (UK): From Fact to Fiction - Epsiode 3: Jam Today?
Series in which writers create a fictional response to the week's news.
In the week in which Transparency International published their Corruption Perceptions Index, citing the MPs' expenses scandal as a key factor in the UK's lowest placing yet, DJ Britton tells the story of a young politician hoping to land a safe seat in the next election.

Afghan corruption a political obstacle
BBC

Afghanistan sinks in new corruption ranking
Reuters

Afghanistan corruption 'worsening'
Aljazeera

Australia 8th on least corrupt list
APP

Bangladesh 139th among 180 countries in TI index
The Daily Star

Britain slips to new in ranking of most corrupt countries after ...‎
The Telegraph UK

U.K.'s standing declines on corruption index
Wall Street Journal

Britain slips to new low in ranking of most corrupt countries after MPs' expenses scandal
The Telegraph UK

Kremlin fails to bust $300bln corruption racket-report
Reuters

Finland is world's sixth least corrupt country
YLE News

Corruption falls slightly in Georgia – TI
Civil Georgia

India scores low on integrity, ranked 84th in survey
IBNLive

Indonesia's Global Corruption Perception ranking lifts to 111th ...
The Jakarta Globe

Corrupt country - Jamaica falls again in int'l ranking
Jamaica Gleaner

Al Hurra interview (video)
Jorday

Kenya leads corruption perception index
The Standard

Korea ranks 39th in Global Corruption Index
The Korea Times

M'sia defends graft ranking dip
Strait times

Malaysia seen as more corrupt than ever
The Malaysian Insider

Macedonia ranks 71st in Transparency International's corruption index
MIA

Nepal = 143 in Corruption Perception Index 2009
Nepal Monitor

Pakistan moves up in corruption, says transparency report
SANA

S'pore is 3rd least corrupt
Straits Times

Zuma tackles corruption head-on
The Independent

SA ranked 55 in corruption perceptions index
Business Day

Somalia tops list of most corrupt countries
CNN International

Swiss praised in fight against corruption
Swissinfo

Thailand slips to 84th in worldwide graft index
Bangkok Post

UAE is a better place to do business
The National

Nigeria: The country slips on corruption index
AllAfrica

Lithuania makes good progress on Corruption Perception Index 2009
Alfa.lt

PM forms committee on TI report
Daily Times

Graft problem growing fast
Kathimerini