Nigeria tops corruption index in Transparency report
Nigeria leads a 54 nation rank by Transparency International in a second annual corruption index based on ten surveys and volunteer internet data. Pakistan Kenya Bangladesh China Cameroon Venezuela Russia India Indonesia follow, while New Zealand Denmark Sweden Finland Canada Norway Singapore Switzerland Netherlands Australia top the least corrupt list. The United States ranks 15th, between Israel and Austria.
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Clinton to send two officials to China to ease rift
President Clinton will dispatch his national security adviser and a former U.S. ambassador to Beijing to mend tensions with China. Winston Lord, head of the State Department Asia bureau, will explain Washington policy to Chinese leaders amid resentment over human rights criticism and copyright sanctions. A potential trade war looms if duties on Chinese goods rise.
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Stolen Stradivarius and Steiner Violin From Moscow Museum
Police say two rare violins vanished from the Glinka Musical Culture Museum in Moscow in a commissioned theft on May 25. A 1671 Stradivarius and Jakob Steiner violin, worth about $200,000, were undisturbed exhibits aside from the alarm. Guards spotted no intrusion at the front as thieves escaped via a back door.
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Virgin Atlantic Flight 007 Bypasses to Arctic Flight
A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 on a London to Los Angeles flight diverted to Iqaluit in the Northwest Territories after a passenger suffered a heart attack. The jet clipped a gasoline tank during taxiing, was too damaged to fly, and no passengers were hurt.
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Burma Opposition Leader Demands Release of 20 Supporters
Aung San Suu Kyi urged the release of more than 20 supporters as she addressed about 6,000 followers in Rangoon. The US State Department said it may seek sanctions from Congress against Burma’s military regime that seized power in 1988.
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Gowda Installed as India’s New Prime Minister Amid Unease
H D Deve Gowda, 63, takes office leading a 13 party United Front coalition in New Delhi amid fears of a revolving-door government. The oath ceremony at the presidential palace revealed lingering skepticism about stability despite a historic peaceful transfer of power in India's fragile democracy.
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