Full Coverage: Middle East
July 2008
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31.07.2008
A change in the law is needed in the wake of the House of Lords ruling in favour of the Serious Fraud Office's termination of a corruption investigation into BAE arms deals with Saudi Arabia, say campaigners.
more...From: The Corner House Related topics/regions: [Saudi Arabia] [United Kingdom] |
29.07.2008
The House of Lords will give its verdict on Wednesday on the Serious Fraud Office's appeal against a ruling that its director acted unlawfully when he stopped a corruption investigation into a huge BAE-Saudi arms deal.
more...From: The Corner House Related topics/regions: [Saudi Arabia] [United Kingdom] Image: I Tornado GR4 Saudi Arabia Airforce ©BAE
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25.07.2008
Petroleum-fuelled prosperity is masking the challenge of oil depletion and removing the sense of urgency that is desperately needed to promote diversification in oil-exporting states, a report warns.
more...Related topics/regions: [Timor-Leste] [Saudi Arabia] [Norway] [Nigeria] [Malaysia] [Kuwait] [Kazakhstan] [Iran] [Indonesia] [Azerbaijan] [Angola] [Algeria] Image: A crude awakening © Global Witness
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15.07.2008
Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris says that although the Abu Ghraib prison photographs were “the most widely seen photographs in history”, no-one had really talked to those responsible for the abuses captured on camera. His film Standard Operating Procedure puts that right.
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [Iraq] [United States] [Arms & military] [Justice and crime] Image: Errol Morris' Standard Operating Procedure
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10.07.2008
All the boys in the band want is to play. Unfortunately, they are Iraqis, so it has proved impossible.
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [Iraq] Image: Heavy Metal in Baghdad
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