July 9th, 2009
A British bridge manufacturing company is set to make legal history by pleading guilty to overseas corruption charges at a London court on Friday, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
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July 9th, 2009
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A human rights group said Thursday that government officials in tiny Equatorial Guinea have used tens of millions of dollars in oil profits to buy lavish homes, cars and vacations while leaving citizens in miserable poverty.
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July 8th, 2009
VIENNA (AFP)--Austrian members of parliament failed Wednesday to approve a resolution relaxing the country's strict banking secrecy laws, which came under fire this year.
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July 8th, 2009
In a detailed critique of modern social, economic and environmental problems, delivered on the eve of a summit of the G8 leaders in Italy, Pope Benedict XVI warned that globalisation risked triggering a worldwide crisis.
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