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...fight corruption.' How do you do that? I think here we don't have to invent the wheel. For example, there are some things we can do which modern technology allows us to do, which makes things much easier. For example: putting every single signature of a public servant, from a minister to the local civil servant on the web, so that people can see where their money goes and what the decisions are. (See the 50 best websites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with George Papandreou | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...Moscow, however, has been less forthright on the matter. On Wednesday, Putin staunchly denied any involvement in the unrest. "Not Russia, not your humble servant. Russian officials have nothing to do with these events," Putin said. Yet he went on to chastise the Bakiyev government for "stepping on the same rakes" as the corrupt leadership it had itself deposed in 2005. On Thursday, Putin made it even clearer which government he preferred. "Due to the special relationship between our two countries, Russia always has provided the necessary humanitarian aid to the people of Kyrgyzstan and is ready to continue providing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kyrgyzstan: The Revolution's Leaders Cozy Up to Russia | 4/9/2010 | See Source »

...doubt the U.S. and Britain remain important strategic partners. But the U.K.'s one-sided obsession with the relationship has made it overestimate its influence in some areas and fail to assert itself in others. Since last July, a public inquiry into the Iraq war chaired by former civil servant John Chilcot has been hearing testimony from British politicians, military chiefs and officials involved in the decision to go to war and the planning for its aftermath. Much of the testimony so far has laid bare the way in which Washington called the shots, often ignoring British advice and excluding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Britain's Affair with the U.S. Is Over | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...French children quickly learn that they won't be fed anywhere else. Snack and soda machines are banned from school buildings in France - a battle that is now raging across the U.S. And France's lunch programs are well funded. While the country is cutting public programs and civil-servant jobs to try to slash a debt of about $2.1 trillion, no one has dared to mention touching the money spent on school lunches. (Watch an interview with Michael Pollan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: School Lunches in France: Nursery-School Gourmets | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

...course, there are skeptics who regard Brutus as a fraud. But she denies any worldly ambitions, insisting she is not associated with any specific organization or political party but is merely a servant of God. Judging by her growing name recognition on the streets of Port-au-Prince, the Haitian masses are being drawn to her message. "Soeur Junon is a prophet. When she says something, you feel it," says Damis Yves, 28. Since the one-month anniversary, Brutus has been making daily rounds of comforting the living. Haitian Evangelical pastor Enesse Joseph, host of a religious program on Radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prophetess Offers Hope for Quake-Ravaged Haitians | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

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