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Slovak Court Blocks Book Exposing Corruption, Demands Manuscript, Docs

A SLOVAK court’s decision to block publication of an unfinished book about alleged high-level political corruption being written by investigative journalist Tom Nicholson,…

FAA Moves to Limit Blockout System Hiding Private Jet Flights

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Equatorial Guinea: France impounds African autocrats’ ‘ill-gotten gains’

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A statement purportedly from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND), one of Nigeria’s largest militant groups, claims to have "attacked…

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