Survey: Iraq Most Corrupt Nation in World

This might come as a surprise to George Bush:

Iraq, racked by violence since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, and impoverished Haiti, Myanmar and Guinea are ranked as the most corrupt countries in the world in a new survey.

Berlin-based corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) ranks 163 countries based on perceived levels of corruption among public officials and politicians in its 2006 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).

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Lookout! Cheney is going hunting again:

Vice President Dick Cheney will spend Election Day hunting in South Dakota, his press secretary said Sunday.

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The Saddam verdict might've helped the Republicans:

President Bush seized on the conviction of Saddam Hussein today as a “milestone” in Iraq, seeking to rally Republican voters with the issue of national security as some polls suggested his party might be making gains in the final hours of the campaign.

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Our troops still support the war:

With a potentially historic U.S. midterm election on Tuesday and the war in Iraq a major issue at the polls, many soldiers said the United States should not abandon its effort here. Such a move, enlisted soldiers and officers said, would set Iraq on a path to civil war, give new life to the insurgency and create the possibility of a failed state after nearly four years of fighting to implant democracy.