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Oil giant Shell has been covering up catastrophic oil spills in the Niger Delta by blaming them on sabotage by local people, according to a leading human rights group.

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Barrick Gold colonel invites Baluch ire

The De Jure Ruler of Baluchistan, Khan of Kalat Suleman Daud, and national hero Hairbyair Marri have expressed their deep resentments over the remarks of a Pakistani army colonel working for Barrick Gold Corporation against the Baluch struggle for their national rights.

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For decades the United States government through Big Business has been involved in monitoring and controlling monetary and labor resources to the detriment of the average citizen and the entrepreneur.

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A multinational force of warships has carved out a narrow shipping corridor off the coast of Somalia that is helping protect merchant vessels from pirate attacks, the force's commander said Monday.

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Harold Meyerson discusses the growing need for global solutions and global regulatory structures to match our global marketplaces and multinational corporations which often have larger GDP than many countries.

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The European Defence Agency (EDA) is quietly moving toward involvement in the military-space sector by providing Europe's civil space authorities with a list of military requirements for future civilian-financed Earth observation and space-situational awareness projects, accordin …

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Frenzied killing of Lalit Kishore Chaudhary, chief executive of a multinational auto parts company in India, in an industrial zone has plunged the business community into shock. The last moments of Mr. Chaudhary, were filled with terror.

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Few Americans had ever heard of a SOFA until earlier this year, when the Internet lit up with a revelation many observers of US foreign policy had long predicted.

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Giant agribusinesses are enjoying soaring earnings and profits out of the world food crisis which is driving millions of people towards starvation, The Independent on Sunday can reveal.

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Labor Retraining and Exploitation in America

For years, Americans have been urged to "retrain" or acquire additional skills while facing the trend of sending jobs offshore. The sad fact is that the vast majority of jobs Americans can retrain for are being sent overseas.

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U.S. Outsourcing and Multinational Corporations

Many millions of jobs that have been harbored safely within the borders of the U.S. as an active part of the U.S. economy have been moved to distant locations outside the U.S. where labor costs are significantly reduced. The outsourcing of U.S.

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Skynet Lives: Artificial Intelligence and the Battle for Humanity

You guys remember that great sci-fi trope where a global computer/robot system runs amok and determines that the best thing for the planet is the extermination of humanity? You know, like Skynet from the Terminator films, or the Machines of the Matrix? Well, I done just had a t …

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New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) India's triple anniversaries next year - 250 years of the battle of Plassey, 150 years of the 1857 revolt and 60 years of independence - will be a perfect time to reflect on the legacy of the East India Company that became a forerunner of the modern multin …

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Globalization vs Atomization

What will the world be like in 10 or 20 years? Perhaps only a few people know or would adventure to predict such a "distant" moment in time. What about in 40 or 50 years? Even fewer people would throw themselves into the pool and establish some sort of certainty for so long ahead.

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The Pascua Lama Gold Mine is a project of the Barrick Gold Corporation that seeks to extract gold, silver, and copper from beneath three Andean glaciers in Chile.

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Nintendo is a Japanese multinational company founded on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name.

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...Companies identified strongly with a particular country more often find it in their interest to invest in public goods for the country - from roads to universities to national branding campaigns. And because they do so precisely out of economic self-interest, this alternati

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