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2008-09-24 Africa Horn

Somalia is world's most corrupt country- watchdog

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-24 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Somalia is not a country. It is a region.

Posted by 3dc 2008-09-24 01:17|| 2008-09-24 01:17|| Front Page Top

#2 guess i shouldn't have bought that condo on the coast in somalia

Posted by sinse 2008-09-24 08:10|| 2008-09-24 08:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Must be some really sharp guys over at Transparency International...

Posted by tu3031 2008-09-24 08:39|| 2008-09-24 08:39|| Front Page Top

#4 The U.S. was in 18th place, compared with 20th last year.

Hopefully the congressional Wall Street bailout will move us into single digits.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-24 08:42|| 2008-09-24 08:42|| Front Page Top

#5 The poor souls. I know what to do ! Let's bring more of them to the US ! I bet we can show them the error of their ways.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-09-24 10:54|| 2008-09-24 10:54|| Front Page Top

#6 "WE'RE NUMBER ONE! WE'RE NUMBER ONE!"

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-09-24 11:11|| 2008-09-24 11:11|| Front Page Top

#7 I betcha they offered a bribe to get this ranking.

Posted by GORT 2008-09-24 11:45|| 2008-09-24 11:45|| Front Page Top

#8 Thank God for Watchdogs. I would have never guessed this if I didn't actually see it in print.

/cynical sarcasm unbridled

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-09-24 13:19|| 2008-09-24 13:19|| Front Page Top

#9 LOL mojo

Posted by sinse 2008-09-24 14:35|| 2008-09-24 14:35|| Front Page Top

#10 Guess they don't count Louisiana, New Jersey, etc as separate entities [even though their state GDP is probably higher than some countries]. We could probably take several of the top 20 positions just on those.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-09-24 17:19|| 2008-09-24 17:19|| Front Page Top

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