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04 July 2009
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When you put money into the bank, do you expect it to be
fuelling climate change? People & Planet didn't think so. So it is campaigning against the Royal Bank of Scotland, which owns
NatWest, and which specialises in investing in oil, coal and
gas projects and companies.
03.07.2009 Britain’s largest retailer Tesco today comes under fire over 7p-an-hour garment workers in Bangladesh as shareholders prepare to hail the company’s record £3 billion profits at its annual meeting.
From: War on Want
02.07.2009 Despite changes in the US approach to the Muslim world, civilian populations are at greater risk than ever before in countries at the frontline of the "war against terrorism", according to the latest Peoples Under Threat ranking.
From: Minority Rights Group International
President Obama: common platform with China?
02.07.2009 Attempts to agree global measures to tackle climate change at a summit in Copenhagen in December are faltering, David King, former chief scientific adviser to the British Government, warned yesterday.
+ Amazon squatter law fuels deforestation worries
From: OneWorld UK
Image: President Obama: common platform with China? © Barack Obama (flickr)
03.07.2009 Washington must cut the umbilical cords that ties it to Tel Aviv. If it doesn’t, the conflict in the Middle East will hasten American decline, argues Martin jacques.
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02.07.2009 A debate over the graphic video of the death of Neda Agha Soltan in Iran, with photography professor Fred Ritchin, Iranian-American poet and writer Roya Hakakian, historian Reza Afshari and media studies professor Steve Gorelick.
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Oh Well Never Mind Bye
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