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Baghdad Embassy Bonanza
Kuwait Company’s Secret Contract & Low-Wage Labor David Phinney
February 12th, 2006

A controversial Kuwait-based construction firm accused of exploiting employees
and coercing low-paid laborers to work in war-town Iraq is now building the new
$592-million U.S. embassy in Baghdad
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13258

ENVIRONMENT

PHILIPPINES: Petition against mining firm to be filed in House
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13230

US: EPA probing why arsenic found at toxic cleanup site
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13231

BULGARIA: Bulgarians Protest Use of Cyanide Leaching
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13235

US: A.I.G. to Pay $1.6 Billion to Settle Charges
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13255

BRAZIL: Indigenous People Fight for Their Rights
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13217

US: PCB Damage to South Carolina Waters Costs Texas Company $20 Million
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13205

US: U.S. Mining Giant Called Lax in Waste Disposal in Indonesia
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13213

WORLD: Shell Makes Record $23bn Profit
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13211

HEALTH

WORLD: WHO Shuts Life Sciences Industry Group Out of Setting Health Standards
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13204

EU: Europe’s Biotech-Seed Rules Ruled Illegal by WTO, U.S. Says
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13254

FINANCIAL SCANDALS

US: Top Enron Execs Knew of Changes
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13239

US: U.S. Moves to Seize Pension Fund in Dispute With Renco
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13215

CORRUPTION

INDONESIA: Indonesia to change security pay rules
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13226

THAILAND: Thai PM shrugs off shares sale protests
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13227

AFRICA: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: ‘Conflict Free’ Diamonds Emerge — but
Should You Believe It?
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13252

INTERNET

US: The End of the Internet
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13245

US: Telecoms let NSA spy on calls
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13234

WAR PROFITEERING

IRAQ: Dog of War Builds £62m Business
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13229

US: Former Official in Iraq to Plead Guilty to Contract Fraud
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13198

HUMAN RIGHTS

INDIA: Police Investigate Death of Coca-Cola Bottling Plant Opponent
corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13203

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