The United States scored a 7.6 on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2005, up from a score of 7.5 in 2004.

France improved with a score of 7.5, up from a score of 7.1 in last year's index.

The free people of Iraq scored a 2.2, up last year's score of 2.1.

The free people of Afghanistan, absent on last year's index, scored a 2.5, beating Putin's score of 2.4.

And the fr...people of Saudi Arabia and Syria scored a 3.4, a score unchanged from last year.

In the Middle East, Israel and the Sultanate of Oman both scored a 6.3, the best in the region.

Iranian Student may be interested to know that Iran scored a 2.9 in 2004 and 2005.