But Afghanistan fell three places to just above Somalia, meaning Afghanistan is seen as the second most corrupt country.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

This year the country seen as least corrupt is New Zealand.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

That means that you have to rid yourself of those who are corrupt, you have to actually arrest and prosecute them.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

And Mr.Karzai is now widely seen as presiding over a corrupt government, says analyst Nora Bensahel of the RAND Corporation.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has come under strong international criticism in recent months for running a weak and corrupt central government.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

"I think many of these Arab leaders are deeply, hopelessly corrupt and incapable of being moved by rational persuasive arguments.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

"That leaves Afghans in a limbo between a government, which is corrupt,and a Taliban that is extremely violent,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Rungsri says, Mr.Thaksin was a corrupt leader who bought the support of local people with cheap health care and low-interest village loans.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

To the cheers of his supporters, he vowed to build more jails to imprison his political opponents who he says are corrupt.

VOA: standard.2009.07.19

The scandals have eroded public support in the government and left many Israelis with the feeling that public officials are hopelessly corrupt.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

The Yellow Shirts draw much of their support from middle-class and wealthy Thais, and they consider Mr.Thaksin to have been corrupt and authoritarian.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

"If people see them as incompetent, corrupt and predatory, they should also see them as untrained.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

It ranks 158 on the 180-nation list of most corrupt countries, as judged by Transparency International.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

This is a corrupt government in Kabul. This is various and sundry ways that we're trying to win the peoples' hearts that aren't working.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Jakarta University student Adi Prasetyo says Indonesia should follow () example of executing some corrupt officials.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

He blames corrupt professors who he claims are accepting bribes in exchange for good grades.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

According to the group's report, only another war-ravaged state, Somalia,is perceived as being more corrupt.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17