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Subscribe to RSSA demonstrator with a mask of Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla rests after a march of public workers against corruption in San Jose, Costa Rica on June 26, 2012.
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Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare begins another hunger strike
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Medical personnel checks the condition of Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on the first day of his hunger strike in Mumbai, India on Tuesday. Activist Anna Hazare started a new hunger strike to demand a stronger law while India's Parliament debates on anti-corruption legislation. Corruption has become a key issue as several big-money scandals hit Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government over the past year. Hazare has been campaigning for a strong anti-graft bill since April 2011 by holding hunger strikes and rallies.
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A supporter of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare shouts pro-Hazare slogans from inside a police vehicle after he was detained during a demonstration in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh December 27, 2011. A three-day fast led by 74-year-old activist Hazare and a plan for thousands of people to picket the home of Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi on New Year's Eve will be a test of strength for the anti-corruption movement that forced a government U-turn in the summer.
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Supporters of Indian activist Anna Hazare wave the Indian tricolour on the first day of his 3 day-long fast in Mumbai on Tuesday. The 74-year-old former soldier, Hazare, along with volunteers of his India Against Corruption (IAC) organisation embarks on a fresh hunger strike against a proposed new law to tackle endemic graft. At least 40,000 people a day are expected to attend the three-day fast in the city's northern suburbs, organisers said, even though lawmakers are still debating the planned legislation in parliament. The former army driver's latest high-profile protest comes amid question marks over the integrity of his anti-corruption movement, as well as criticism that he is riding roughshod over the democratic process.
Manish Swarup / AP
A Delhi Municipal employee fumigates the ground where supporters of Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare gather to protest, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Hazare began a three-day hunger strike in Mumbai Tuesday even as the country's Parliament prepared to debate legislation to create an anti-corruption watchdog. Hazare, who claims inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi has called his protest against corruption the second freedom struggle and has fasted three times already to garner support for his demands.
From the Associated Press:
Hazare, who claims inspiration from Mohandas K. Gandhi, has called his protest against corruption India's second freedom struggle and has fasted three times already to garner support for his demands.
Thousands of people, many waving Indian flags and wearing the trademark white cap made popular by first independence leader Gandhi and now Hazare, gathered in support. As of Tuesday afternoon, the crowd was thinner than the tens of thousands Hazare drew to an August protest in the Indian capital.
Hazare is not without critics who say his populist campaign attempts to vilify all politicians and hold elected officials hostage.
And see previous pictures of Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaigns on PhotoBlog.
Blagojevich gets 14 years in prison despite plea for mercy
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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich leaves the federal building with his wife Patti, right, in Chicago, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, after being sentenced for 14 years on 18 corruption counts, including trying to auction off President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.
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Patti Blagojevich, wife of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, sheds a tear as she listens to him address the media at the Dirksen Federal Building Dec. 7, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.
msnbc.com wire services report:
CHICAGO -- Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state with a history of crooked politics.
Blagojevich's 18 convictions included allegations of trying to leverage his power to appoint someone to President Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat to raise campaign cash or land a high-paying job.
Charles Rex Arbogast / AP
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, departs his home with his wife Patti in Chicago on Dec. 7, for the second day of his sentencing hearing on 18 corruption counts, including trying to to auction off President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.
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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich departs his home in Chicago, Wednesday, on Dec. 7, for the second day of his sentencing hearing on 18 corruption counts, including trying to to auction off President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich left federal court a disgraced man, headed for 14 years in federal prison, convicted of 17 counts of bribery and attempted extortion. NBC's Ron Allen reports.
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Presiding Disciplinary Judge William O'Neil, right, swears in Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio during the State Bar of Arizona's ongoing disciplinary hearings against former Maricopa County attorney Andrew Thomas and two assistants, at the Arizona Supreme Court in Phoenix Tuesday, Oct. 18.
Sheriff Arpaio claims hands-off role in corruption cases
I imagine there are more than a few folks happy to see Joe Arpaio on the hot seat for his actions.
AP reports:
PHOENIX — The self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in America took to the witness stand on Tuesday, explaining in a subdued voice that he had very little to do with failed corruption investigations led by his office and one of his allies.
The bluster that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has long been known for was nowhere on display at the disciplinary hearing for former county attorney Andrew Thomas.
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Protesters clashes with riot police during a protest in front of a government building in Tirana, Albania on Jan. 21. Supporters of Albania's opposition Socialist Party clashed with police outside the prime minister's office on Friday to demand the government's resignation over corruption allegations.
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Opposition supporters rally while vehicles burn following clashes with police during a protest in Tirana, Albania on Friday, Jan. 21. More than 20,000 people joined an opposition rally to demand the conservative government call an early general election.
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An injured demonstrator gestures in front of riot police during an anti-government protest in Tirana on January 21, 2011. Albanian anti-government protesters clashed with police when demonstrators threw stones at the security forces who responded with tear gas. Several thousand people gathered in the capital to protest against the current government of Prime Minister Sali Berisha. Three people were shot dead during an anti-government protest in Tirana on Friday, Sami Koceku, head of the military hospital emergency services told AFP.
Protests in Albania turn violent
Click here to read more about the events in Albania.
Update: It appears that three people have now died.