Indiapost 12 06 2013

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Dhoni wins 2013 LG People's Choice Award Details on page 6

Bill will benefit immigrants from India, says US

VOL 19, No. 1003

December 6, 2013

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INDIA AMONG WORLD'S MOST CORRUPT BERLIN: India has been ranked among the world's highly corrupt nations at the 94th spot in a global list topped by Denmark and New Zealand as the cleanest, while Somalia emerged as the most corrupt. While India's rank has remained unchanged from the last year, it has emerged as more corrupt than three of its BRICS peers - China (80th), South Africa and Brazil (both ranked 72nd) - but better than Russia (127th) in this annual list of 177 countries compiled by Transparency International. According to the list, India has scored 36 points on a

Sonia Gandhi

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scale of 0-100, where 0 means that a country is perceived as highly corrupt and 100 means it is perceived as very clean. None of the countries have managed to get the perfect 100 score. Top-ranked Denmark and New Zealand have scored 91 points each to share the first place on the list. Somalia shares lowest rank with North Korea and Afghanistan with 8 points each. Those scoring marginally better than these three countries include Sudan, Libya, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Syria, Haiti, Venezuela, Zimbabwe and Myanmar. Details on page 5

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Website regrets Sonia's name in richest list Details on page 5

Fundraiser for Dan Rutherford & Steve Kim Details on page 19

US Sikh soldiers want more Indians in Army

Indian couple held for bringing illegal workers

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Mumbai attacks victim sues Taj hotel owners

Modi supporter files defamation against CAG

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Nirupama Rao's mother passes away

CONTENTS Bollywood ---------------------- 28-29 Classifieds ------------------------- 52

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Community Post -------------- 18-25 Date Book -------------------------- 48 Edit Page --------------------------- 54

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HealthScience Post --------- 32-35

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Horoscope ------------------------- 26

This week’s question

Immigration Post ------------- 44-46

Are Indian politicians to blame for corruption?

Life Style ----------------------- 49-51 Philosophy ------------------------- 53

Last week’s result

Will Obama succeed in immigration reform? YES 63%

NO 37%

Publisher’s Diary ------------------ 4

FRIENDS FROM THE EAST: Japan's Emperor Akihito & Empress Michiko, President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan on December 2. (Details on page 9)

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Real Estate ------------------------ 47 TechBiz Post ------------------- 12-14 Travel & Hospitality Post ---- 40-43


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