Abuse of Power

FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks at a press briefing in Pretoria, South Africa

France and Germany intervened over World Cup votes, says Sepp Blatter
The Guardian The German football body was told to vote for Qatar for ‘economic reasons’, Fifa president tells a newspaper, adding that he is ‘tired of taking the blame’ | Former French president Nicolas Sa... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell)

File - Staff Sgt. Trung reports a munitions load to the munitions operations center May 12, 2014, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The 432nd Maintenance Group ensures that Airmen, MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper aircraft, ground control stations, Predator Primary Satellite Links, and a globally-integrated communications network are fully capable to support aircrew training, combat operations, operational test and evaluation, and natural disaster support.

Dubious Kill Lists Started Long Before Drones and Included States
WorldNews.com Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | The White House's "kill list" (a regularly updated chart of the world's most wanted terrorists used by President Barack Obama and the CIA during kill o... (photo: USAF / Senior Master Sgt. C.R.)

FIFA deflects criticism about absence of Blatter from final
The Times Of India VANCOUVER: FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association deflected criticism about FIFA president Sepp Blatter and secretary general Jerome Valcke not attending the Women's World Cup final, saying the winn... (photo: Creative Commons / BrokenSphere)

File - FIFA President Sepp Blatter attends a press conference in Jerusalem, Tuesday, July 9, 2013.

Sponsors will quit FIFA without reform, says ex official
Dawn LAUSANNE: A former top FIFA official who left after criticising its president Sepp Blatter has warned that big sponsors will start leaving world football's governing body unless major reforms are ... (photo: AP / Sebastian Scheiner)

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Israel’s lack of co-operation leaves gaps in UN war report
Business Day Related articles | Palestine needs to start looking inward People in Palestine hostage to deep disunity SA must promote Middle East peace In this article | Companies and ... (photo: UN / Loey Felipe)

Haiti president, business leaders open new container port
Seattle Post PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Michel Martelly, business leaders and civic boosters inaugurated an $80 million container port Thursday aimed at giving t... (photo: AP / Dieu Nalio Chery)

Amnesty calls for GCHQ spying inquiry
BBC News 2 July 2015 | From the section UK | GCHQ carries out monitoring for the British government | Campaign group Amnesty International has called for an independent inquiry af... (photo: GCHQ/Crown Copyright/MOD)

CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb, left, and Eugenio Figueredo, right, president of CONMEBOL, the South American soccer confederation, shake hands before a news conference in Bal Harbour, Fla., Thursday, May 1, 2014.

US files formal extradition request for 7 FIFA officials
Dayton Daily News The United States has submitted a formal request for Switzerland to extradite seven FIFA officials arrested in Zurich as part of a corruption probe that has rocked soccer... (photo: AP / Alan Diaz)

A People's Liberation Army guard stands in front of a door way during U.S .Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno meeting with Fan Changlong, Deputy Chaiman of the Central Military Commission at Bayi Building in Beijing, China, on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014

China military spending probe finds "long-standing abuses"
Yahoo Daily News BEIJING (Reuters) - A probe into military spending over the past 18 months has found "long-standing abuses", including illegally held bank accounts, embezzlemen... (photo: AP / Lintao Zhang, Pool)

US seeks extradition of Fifa officials arrested in Switzerland
The Irish Times The US has asked Switzerland to extradite seven Fifa officials who were arrested in May as part of an investigation into alleged corruption, the Swiss Federal Office of J... (photo: AP / Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)

File - Capt. Sayed Baba Mansory, officer-in-charge of the 1/2-205 Afghan National Army Corps, Shamulzai Detachment, destroys opium poppy plants discovered during a routine patrol, outside the village of Samogay, Afghanistan, May 7, 2012.

Why Afghanistan's neighbours fear drugs influx
BBC News By Ahmed Rashid Dushanbe | 2 July 2015 | From the section Asia | The fear is that more drugs could be finding their way out of Afghanistan via Central Asia | Could increa... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Chris McCullough)

FIFA president Sepp Blatter speaks during a press conference at the Sportaccord convention in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, April 28, 2010.

No one can prove I am corrupt
Goal The Fifa president, who recently announced that he is stepping down from his position, is adamant that he has a "clear conscience" over allegations of corruption Fifa pre... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili)

Front row from left, China's former President Hu Jintao, newly appointed President Xi Jinping, newly installed Premier Li Kiqiang and former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao sing the Chinese national anthem at the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing China, Sunday, March 17, 2013. China's new leader pledged a cleaner, more efficient government Sunday as the country's ceremonial legislature wrapped up a pivotal session that installed the latest generation of communist leaders in a once-a-decade transfer of power.

China's ruling Communists recruits fewer members
Philadelphia Daily News BEIJING (AP) - China's ruling Communist Party says it recruited almost 15 percent fewer new members last year as if focuses on better qualified candidates. | A party stat... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung)