The United Nations has taken an active role in assessing the state of the world's coltan industry and has cited numerous countries with ethical violations in relationship to coltan mining.

That index routinely cited developing countries as the most corrupt in the eyes of international business analysts.

Mr. Staples also cites several countries, Japan among them, that have ministries of education responsible for "educational quality control."

Blogging has become a large part of the transmitting of news and ideas across cites, states, and countries, and bloggers argue that blogs themselves are now breaking stories.

I can cite countries like Kong Kong, UAE, Canada and others.

Those wishing to reform the Muslim Personal Law have often cited Muslim countries as examples that such reform is possible.

The former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, John Shattuck, cited specific countries that fail to recognize the fundamental right of religious freedom.

The reason for the rejection cited the low number of athletes as well as few participating countries in the sport.

But Mr. Sachs, citing countries like Britain and the United States, suggested that the conflict between competitiveness and social justice was more apparent than real.

It isn't, and the authors cite several countries where circumcised men are more likely to be HIV infected than intact men.