Abuse of Power

American disappeared in Iran on rogue CIA mission
Canberra Times This FBI composite image shows Robert Levinson before his capture, in a video released three years ago and a picture of him with a beard in his fourth year of captivity. Photo: AP | | | ... (photo: Public Domain)

A man watches a live TV news program showing that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle Jang Song Thaek, second from right, is escorted by military officers during a trial in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013

North Korean leader's uncle 'executed over corruption'
BBC News 12 December 2013 Last updated at 23:02 GMT | The once-powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been executed after being purged for corruption, state news agency KCNA reports. | Chang Son... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)

Pope Francis attends his weekly General Audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. Pope Francis temporarily expelled a German bishop from his diocese on Wednesday because of a scandal over a 31-million-euro (42 million dollar) project to build a new residence complex in the diocese of Limburg, but refused popular calls to remove him. The decision was taken after Francis met in the past week with Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst and the head of the German bishops' conference, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch.

Pope Francis wins Timeâ€™s Person of the Year
The Washington Post ROME — Pope Francis was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year on Wednesday (Dec. 11), adding yet another high-profile accolade to what has been an unprecedented nine-month reign for the... (photo: AP / Alessandra Tarantino)

Indian anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal attends a press conference in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. Kejriwal alleged that the government had details of 700 Swiss bank account holders in the HSBC Bank in Geneva but declined to take action against several top Indian corporate honchos whose names figured in the list.

Kejriwal, Butalia, Krishnan among '100 global thinkers of 2013'
The Times Of India NEW YORK: Founder of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal is among Foreign Policy magazine's leading 'global thinkers of 2013', a list of 100 people who have made "measurable difference" and are ... (photo: AP / Saurabh Das)

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Opposition Pheu Thai party leader Yingluck Shinawatra casts her vote in a general election at a polling station in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, July 3, 2011.

Thailandâ€™s Embattled Prime Minister Insists She Will Stay
Voa News Steve Herman | BANGKOK â€” Thailand’s government is again rebuffing demands from protest leaders that it be dissolved to make way for an appointed council to lead t... (photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong)

From left, President Barack Obama, former president George W. Bush, former president William J. Clinton former President George H.W. Bush and former president Jimmy Carter arrive for the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center Thursday, April 25, 2013

World pays homage to Mandela in mass memorial service
Reuters JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - World leaders, from U.S. President Barack Obama to Cuba's Raul Castro, will pay homage to Nelson Mandela at a mass memorial in South Africa on Tu... (photo: AP / David J. Phillip)

Downtown Bogota. Bogot is the main economic and industrial center of Colombia. In the period 20032006, its commercial GDP grew by 10.3% annually, accounting for 25.3% of GDP national trade.

Mayor of Colombia's capital ordered removed
Lexington Herald-Leader BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia's inspector-general ordered Bogota's left-leaning mayor removed from office Monday for alleged unconstitutional behavior in a showdown l... (photo: Creative Commons / Thelmadatter)

President of Spanish soccer club FC Sevilla, Jose Maria del Nido

Sevilla president steps down after jail sentence
The Guardian MADRID, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Sevilla president Jose Maria Del Nido has stepped down after losing an appeal last week against a seven-year prison term for misappropriation of... (photo: AP / )

The Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar - Politics- India

Pawar hits out at AAP, calls them "pseudo activists"
Indian Express Congress ally NCP chief Sharad Pawar today said weak leadership on part of the ruling party had given rise to "pseudo activists" who are not connected with the ground rea... (photo: PIB of India / )

Blackburn star held in fixing probe
Belfast Telegraph Blackburn Rovers striker DJ Campbell has been arrested as part of a football spot-fixing investigation, his club has confirmed. | The 32-year-old is one of six people det... (photo: Creative Commons / joncandy)

Venezuela's Maduro to raise pressure on business after local vote
Swissinfo | Reuters | December 9, 2013 - 08:03 | By Brian Ellsworth | CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pledged to deepen his "economic offensive" to f... (photo: AP / Ramon Espinosa)

Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi speaking at a program organised by business chambers ICC, BCC and MCCI on April 9, 2013 in Kolkata

India's BJP set to form government in key states
BBC News India's main opposition BJP is set to form a government in three key states after winning an absolute majority in assembly elections. | The Hindu nationalist party h... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)

Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to reporters at her National League for Democracy Party headquarters on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar.

Will Aung San Suu Kyi ever be President of Burma?
WorldNews.com Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. | In Burma's ancient epic "Ramayana," also known as the "Forest Book," it describes the further adventures of Rama. Born t... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win)