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Bush Administration misleads public on deforestation effort
"Overall, the U.N. estimates that 10.40 million hectares of tropical forest were permanently destroyed each year in the period from 2000 to 2005, an increase since the 1990-2000 period, when around 10.16... ...
Amnesty Deeply Troubled by Bush's Vacuum of Moral Leadership
Amnesty International: "It's difficult to believe that the United States government, which was once considered an exemplar of human rights, has sacrificed its most fundamental principles by abusing prisoners... ...
War Provoking Terror, Amnesty Says
The war on terror is provoking more terror, Amnesty International secretary-general Irene Khan told IPS in an interview Tuesday at the launch of the human rights group's 2005 annual report. http://www.inform ationclearinghouse.info/ar ticle13168.htm ...
War on Terror ‘Undermining Human Rights’
http://www.commondreams.or g/headlines06/0523-05.htm ...
Amnesty International: Iraq War Provoking Terror
"The war on terror and the way it has unfolded is actually premised on the principle that by eroding human rights you can reinforce security," said Amnesty International's Secretary-General Irene Khan.... ...
Inflated Terrorism: Propaganda Lies
By Peter Phillips The Bush administration is paltering to the American public with exaggerated misconceptions of worldwide terrorism to frighten us into supporting a global police state. With seven hundred... ...
The Scariest Predators in the Corporate Jungle
The world's oil, gas and mining industries account for nearly two-thirds of all violations of human rights, environmental laws and international labor standards, according to a soon-to-be-released United... ...
Protesters Arrested at Halliburton Meeting
http://www.nylawyer.com/di splay.php/file=/news/06/05 /051706e New York Lawyer May 17, 2006 By Shaun Schafer The Associated Press DUNCAN, Okla. -- Sixteen people protesting Halliburton Co.'s environmental... ...
STAR WARS IN IRAQ: US Troops to Use Banned Laser Weapon
A decade ago, the experimental use of tactical laser devices by US Marines in Somalia was curtailed at the last minute for "humane reasons," according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch, which called... ...
The Scariest Predators in the Corporate Jungle
The problems of corruption and the misallocation of public revenues have been endemic," a United Nations study points out. "They undermine the rule of law, impede the pursuit of social objectives, and... ...