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Watchdog lists most corrupt countries

Nov. 17, 2009
War-plagued Somalia, with its crumbling government infrastructure, is the world's most corrupt country, according to a global survey by the international watchdog Transparency International.
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Somalia deemed most corrupt country

BERLIN, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Somalia is the world's most corrupt country, while New Zealand is the least corrupt, Transparency International's annual Corruption Perception Index has found.
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler