31.   Romania needs to tackle endemic corruption, reform its intelligence services and continue economic and democratic reforms, while Bulgaria needs to reform its military.

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

33.   The crisis began Monday when President Ahmet Necdet Sezer accused Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit of not acting strongly enough to tackle corruption.

34.   The Public Safety Secretariat formed to tackle corruption is little more than a month old.

35.   The report was assailed by critics, who claimed it did not go far enough in tackling corruption in English soccer.

36.   The West wants Romania to investigate the collapse as a way of showing it is serious about tackling endemic corruption.

37.   There were also disagreements about how to tackle corruption.

38.   U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley visited a third African country on Friday, continuing to warn that the continent faces difficult times ahead unless it tackles debilitating corruption.

39.   While shielding leaders at the top, the government is making examples of lower ranked officials to convince a disgusted public that it is tackling pervasive corruption.

40.   He also promised to tackle police corruption, a major irritant in Mexico City, and fight the violence and drug-trafficking which have worsened in recent years.