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Surveillance goes too far
Over the years, Wal-Mart has acquired a growing crowd of critics. The retail behemoth is regularly the target of unfavorable billboards, newspaper ads and at least one critical documentary. So it’s hardly surprising that
Read More »UK tries to sabotage BAE bribes inquiry
Attempt to oust legal expert heading European corruption investigation David Leigh and Rob Evans Tuesday April 24, 2007 The Guardian The UK is covertly trying to oust the head of the world’s main anti-bribery
Read More »UK supermarkets are ‘driving down wages of world’s poorest workers’
Susie Mesure The low prices enjoyed by shoppers at British supermarkets are paid for by poor wages, job insecurity and a denial of basic human rights for workers in some of the world’s poorest
Read More »A coverup of torture, racism and complicity in war crimes
The evidence of British abuse and killing of Iraqi civilians is part of an iceberg of disgrace which demands a public inquiry Phil Shiner Monday April 23, 2007 The Guardian Images of the battered,
Read More »Boris Yeltsin dies at age of 76
Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, has died aged 76, the Kremlin has announced. Yeltsin died of heart failure on Monday in the Central Clinical Hospital
Read More »How Hitler cheated death in 1943 coup… thanks to the Allies
DER Führer Adolf Hitler ist tot. These six words, announcing the death of the Nazi leader, should have brought the Second World War to an end in November 1943. The sentence was part of
Read More »Hormones To Suppress Hunger In Babies
Plans to add a hormone which suppresses hunger to baby formula food is unlikely to work say experts. University of Buckingham researchers are looking at adding leptin to formula milk to curb future over-eating.
Read More »The island where Britain has refused to allow democracy
Inhabitants of a tiny place which served as a crucial base for British forces during the Falklands conflict say the UK government promised them a new regime, but changed its mind after 9/11. Could
Read More »Germany ‘wants Wolfowitz to go’
Germany believes Paul Wolfowitz’s position as head of the World Bank has become unsustainable, a German minister has told the Financial Times Deutschland (FTD) newspaper. World Bank staff have called for Wolfowitz to quit
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