Abuse of Power

File - Victims of the current devastating drought and famine in Ethiopia gather at a camp in Korem, one of the worst affected areas, 9 November, 1984. Drought is ravaging the continent of Africa and famine is a harsh reality for millions of people living there.

Margaret Thatcher demanded UK find ways to 'destabilise' Ethiopian regime in power during 1984 famine
The Independent Margaret Thatcher demanded that Britain find ways to â€œdestabiliseâ€ the regime which presided over Ethiopiaâ€™s disastrous 1984 famine after concluding that British aid was wrongly supporting its â... (photo: UN / John Isaac)

File - Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City, Mexico, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.

Video shows moment of 'El Chapo's' escape
CNN (CNN)Still dressed in his prison garb, notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman bends over in the shower of his cell, a short wall blocking the camera's view of his body. | But he never resurface... (photo: AP / Eduardo Verdugo)

Turkey's new President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish court annuls controversial Erdogan education law
Yahoo Daily News Turkey's constitutional court has annulled a controversial law closing private tutoring centres, many of which are run by the movement of US-exiled imam Fethullah Gulen, the nemesis of President R... (photo: AP / Petros Karadjias)

Romanian Premier designate Victor Ponta smiles before a parliament session in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, May 7, 2012. Romanian lawmakers are voting on whether to approve the prime minister designate's left-leaning Cabinet, which is expected to continue a slate of economic reforms.

Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta charged with forgery
The Irish Times Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta has been charged with forgery and serving as an accessory to tax evasion and money-laundering, further tarnishing the image of the ex-communist state as it struggl... (photo: AP / Vadim Ghirda)

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Financing for Development -- What Does Success Look Like?
Huffington Post Photo: BRAC school Bangladesh, courtesy A World at School | Setting the 'ground rules.' That's the best description I've heard so far for what the Third International Con... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)

Federal police guard a drainage pipe outside of the Altiplano maximum security prison in Almoloya, west of Mexico City, Sunday, July 12, 2015.

Mexico hunts for drug lord after prison tunnel escape
Yahoo Daily News Mexican security forces hunted Sunday for drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman after he escaped through an elaborate tunnel under his prison cell's shower... (photo: AP / Marco Ugarte)

File - Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.

Undermining Mexico: How ‘El Chapo’ built a criminal empire, and escaped prison, by digging deep
The Miami Herald Joaquin â€œEl Chapoâ€ Guzman built the worldâ€™s most powerful drug trafficking organization by digging â€“ quietly, efficiently, patiently. | While he used his money an... (photo: AP / Eduardo Verdugo)

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at FreedomFest Saturday, July 11, 2015, in Las Vegas.

Donald Trump Is Channeling Nixon and It's Not Pretty
WorldNews.com Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | From an Enemies List-which makes Nixon appear angelic-to his secret plan in defeating ISIS and the Silent Majority, it se... (photo: AP / John Locher)

Atletico Madrid's Arda Turan, left, celebrates his goal with Filipe Luis, right, during their Europa League group I soccer match against Celtic at Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday Nov. 30, 2011.

Arda Turan becomes Â£24m pawn in the game that is a Barcelona election
The Guardian Barcelona bought Arda Turan from Atlético Madrid on Monday â€“ but could sell him back again at the end of this coming week. Turan joined for â‚¬34m (£24.4m)... (photo: AP / Scott Heppell)

File - President Barack Obama talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron, center, and the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Edward Llewellyn following a G7 Leaders Meeting to discuss the situation in Ukraine, at the Prime Minister's residence in The Hague, the Netherlands, March 24, 2014.

Why it matters that the UK spied on Amnesty
Al Jazeera At Amnesty International we were appalled at last week's news that the UK government has been spying on our communications. This week, we are demanding answers. On Friday... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)

File - A Sailor assigned to the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion stands watch over a cell block in Camp 6 at Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo.

US psychology agency colluded with govt 'torture' program: report
Yahoo Daily News The US's top psychology association colluded with the Pentagon and the CIA to devise ethical guidelines to support interrogation techniques used after the September 1... (photo: US Navy / U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Nistas/Released)

Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko makes a statement, at Boryspil airport in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Poroshenko canceled his visit to Turkey on Thursday due to a "sharp escalation of the situation in the Donetsk region, particularly in Amvrosiivka and Starobeshevo, as Russian forces have entered Ukraine," he said in the statement.

Poroshenko says terrorist threat in Ukraine has "significantly risen"
Yahoo Daily News KIEV (Reuters) - President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday the threat of terrorism had "significantly risen" in Ukraine, describing the country as awash with we... (photo: AP / Mikhail Palinchak)

President Barack Obama speaks to leading CEOs to discuss ways to promote the economy and create jobs during his last two years in office, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at the Business Roundtable Headquarters in Washington.

President Obama Accepts Slavery in Order to Win TPP Trade Deal
The People's Voice So that U.S. President Barack Obama can end a roadblock and win the agreement of other nations for his proposed Trans Pacific Partnership, he has decided to remove one of... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin)