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Political cartoonists risk death, injury to shine light on life

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Peggy Curran – April 6, 2012

For political cartoonists, the pen really is mightier than the sword - even when that sword might be used against them. It happens.

On a war-torn street in the Middle East or a tranquil neighbourhood in northern Europe, a satirical sketch can get you killed, maimed or sent to prison.

'Corruption tours' shine light on Czech graft

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Jan Flemr – March 24, 2012

Riding a wave of public disgust at graft, a new Czech travel agency has started tours highlighting sites linked to corruption, a social ill that has plagued the ex-communist country for decades.

The aptly-named CorruptTour agency touts the "best of the worst" trips to posh villas, a nonsensical funicular, an empty meadow hosting a non-existent Olympic stadium, even a big, boxy concrete mausoleum.

The bugger, bugged: News of the World hacker stung by Hugh Grant

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Hugh Grant – April 12, 2011

After a chance meeting with a former News of the World executive who told him his phone had been hacked, Hugh Grant couldn’t resist going back to him – with a hidden tape recorder – to find out if there was more to the story...

When I broke down in my midlife crisis car in remotest Kent just before Christmas, a battered white van pulled up on the far carriageway. To help, I thought. But when the driver got out he started taking pictures with a long-lens camera.

Honouring government waste

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February 16, 2011

OTTAWA—The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) held its 13th annual "Teddy Waste Awards" ceremony to recognize the best of the worst in government waste.

CTF federal director Kevin Gaudet acted as the Master of Ceremonies at the black tie news conference on Parliament Hill.

Humour: The 'Yes Minister' Series

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Many episodes of the award-winning British political satire Yes Minister portray politicians and bureaucrats using well-honed techniques for nefarious ends such as: character assassination; distorting official statistics; evading regulatory oversight; and concealing embarrassing files. Some of the notable topics include:

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