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Nobody knows yet. Route of Malaysian airline flight 370. Photo: Wikipedia That's what most aviation investigators and experts have said in a series of news reports in the tri-media worldwide. Despite the collaborative efforts of at least 26 countries to help in the search for the missing Malaysian airline, which scoured the South China Sea, Indian Ocean and the Andaman Sea, no signs of debris were ever found. After 11 days of futile searching, the whereabouts of the Malaysian airline Boeing 777 with 239 passengers aboard, remains a mystery. The Malaysian airline flight 370 took off at the Kuala Lumpur international airport on March 8 at around 12:41 a.m bound for Beijing, China. It was piloted by Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53, and Fariq Abdul Hamid, 27, a co-pilot. Of the 239 passengers, some 159 Chinese citizens were aboard the commercial airline. It could not be ascertained right now if the plane was hijacked or not. Recent news reports put China in the spotlight when more th...

The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) will open its doors to the first ever international Master in Anti-Corruption Studies. A two-year, part-time program, the Master is designed for working professionals from all around the globe who wish to remain fully employed while pursuing their degree. Upon completion, they will receive an MA in Anti-Corruption Studies. The Master programme will start in February 2013 with the first module. Applications will be accepted until 26 October 2012. The program combines distance learning with seven, twelve-day on-site modules. Six will take place at the IACA campus in Laxenburg, Austria and one at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Academy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. "The Master provides participants from both the public and the private sector with a better understanding of corruption. They acquire knowledge and skills for building capacity in the field and tools for helping bridge the gap between theory and practice," stated Marti...