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Stanford: Biggest Texas scandal since Enron
February 24, 2009HOUSTON – With typical Texas flamboyance, Sir Robert Allen Stanford built a financial empire which stretched across Texas, through Mexico, the Caribbean islands and into South America. He was charged by the SEC on Feb. 17...
Read moreGOP senator says U.S. must rethink Cuba ban
February 24, 2009WASHINGTON -(Associated Press) The U.S. policy of shunning communist Cuba by imposing a strict trade embargo has failed to prod the island nation toward democracy and should be re-evaluated, according to the top Republican on the...
Read moreSo Long, Salamanders
February 24, 2009SAN DIEGO, (Tierramérica) - Mesoamerica's salamanders appear to be joining the global decline in amphibian species, like frogs, adding to the evidence of ecological change around the planet.
Read moreUS reverses stance on mercury pollution
February 24, 2009JOHANNESBURG, (IRIN) - The new US administration this week reversed the country's position on the control of mercury by calling for a legally binding treaty to limit global mercury pollution. The US delegation announced that the...
Read moreNestl Hong Kong: Strike action wins dramatic step-down from management
February 23, 2009Hong Kong Nestlé workers took strike action at 6.30 am on Saturday morning to force the reinstatement of their suspended union president. Within five hours management had agreed to meet the union and, faced with strong...
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