DRAWING on OBSERVATIONS

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I was moved reading about the bravery Russian journalists exhibit in reporting the culture of corruption in Moscow.

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On the eve of Karzai’s inauguration, Secretary Clinton met with the Afghan leader to tell him that future US aid will be tied to his government’s progress in developing an army and eliminating corruption and cronyism.

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

A long time New Jersey Democratic operative, and one of the 44 arrested in last weeks political corruption round-up, Shaw had agreed to cooperate with investigators and turn states evidence. He was found dead in his Jersey City luxury apartment. Authorities are trying to determine if it was a suicide.