51.   Romania is under pressure from the West to prove it is serious about tackling endemic corruption.

52.   The authorities fear any protests could encourage unrest in a public angered by massive layoffs and endemic corruption.

53.   The administration is now trying to cope with massive debt and endemic corruption.

54.   The communist leadership sees the rule of law as crucial to ending endemic corruption and helping China meet fair-trade commitments to the World Trade Organization.

55.   The administration is now struggling to cope with massive debt and endemic corruption.

56.   The court was set up as part of a political reform process in Thailand to fight endemic corruption.

57.   The election is regarded as a crucial contest between old-time money politics and a growing movement to stamp out endemic corruption in Thai society.

58.   The income and property declarations were among a number of steps Yeltsin ordered last year to fight endemic official corruption.

59.   The party traditionally punishes its members internally and subjecting Chen to legal prosecution would have been a strong statement of determination to root out endemic corruption.

60.   The move aims to step up the fight against endemic corruption and other crime, Yakushkin said.