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Steelworkers Say Reactors Overseas Will Cost Jobs

February 23, 2010
President Obama is pushing nuclear power as a new source of energy and as a way to create jobs for Americans, offering loan guarantees to make it happen. Now, however, labor unions are protesting the move because they say that much of the material for new reactors will come from overseas, reducing...

Investing in Ethics: The Norwegian Model

September 15, 2006
As the world’s third largest oil exporter and a country that prides itself on promoting social justice, Norway has a pension fund of $250 billion, one of the largest in the world. Teams of ethicists investigate firms, when accusations emerge about exploited workers or environmental degradation,...

IMF Raises Spectre of Civil Wars as Global Inequalities Worsen

February 3, 2011
Reports of global economic recovery could be misleading. Indicators showing steady rises – in income, trade, stock markets or employment – focus on averages and mask growing divides between rich and poor both between and inside nations. Recovery built on “unstable foundations” could “sow the seeds...

Interview with an Islamic State Recruiter: “Democracy Is For Infidels”

October 31, 2014
A few military successes by Islamic State terrorists in chaotic Iraq and Syria attract extremists from around the globe. Hasnain Kazim interviewed one recruiter in Turkey for Spiegel Online. The recruiter claims that the Islamic State can be highly selective, secretly interviewing applicants...

One World…Many, Many Government Policies

October 26, 2006
In a globalized world, corporations often pursue business deals in the countries with the least costs, not just from wages or property – but also in terms of policy regulations or taxes. Corporations look to low-tax nations to avoid all manner of taxes. And in some cases, corporations lobby their...

Pakistani Intelligence Helped Foil Bombing Plot

August 10, 2006
Pakistan’s intelligence agencies helped British in stopping a plot to blow up aircraft traveling between the UK and the US. While the UK arrested 21 people in connection with the plot, Pakistan arrested leader of the outlawed Islamic group Lashkar-e-Taiba, or LeT. India has fought LeT in Kashmir...

Terrorists Have No Right to Speak for Arabs, Muslims

November 17, 2003
The bombings at two synagogues in Istanbul brought more condemnation to Arabs and Muslims, says this editorial in Lebanon's Daily Star. With such senseless carnage carried out in the name of Islam, the paper laments, the world will increasingly believe that violence is the favored form of...
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