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New Delhi, Feb. 9: Vedanta Resources is under fire from heaven and earth, and even Hollywood has been asked to join in.
TOYOTA CITY, Japan/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp, the world's most dominant and profitable automaker, was not accustomed to outsiders telling it what to do, let alone some obscure bureaucrat from the United States, whose own car industry was on taxpayer-funded life support.
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International on Tuesday alleged that the government and Vedanta had failed to protect Orissa's indigenous communities from health hazards of mining, but the mining major hit back saying the claims were based on "outdated document".
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A Web site says it won't remove pictures of San Antonio Spurs basketball player George Hill's private parts.
President Obama can and should fill federal vacancies with the stroke of his pen. In this time of crisis, history may judge harshly if he fails to do so.
EU presidency offers MEPs access to classified material to secure backing for terrorism-related agreement.
In a report, Amnesty alleged that tribal population in Orissa's Lanjigarh, where Vedanta is setting up alumina refinery, suffered because of water pollution due to refinery.
Mine in Orissa state is causing air and water pollution that threatens the health of local people and their access to water, report finds A report by Amnesty International out today found that an alumina refinery in eastern India operated by a subsidiary of mining company Vedanta is causing air and water pollution that threatens the health of local people and their access to water. Amnesty ...
Legal and financial disincentives stop people getting checked. Compulsory testing would halt the spread of chlamydia and HIV We all know the risks of unprotected sex, thanks to public education campaigns. And there have also been efforts to encourage people to seek an STD test, notably for chlamydia , which can cause infertility: another 200,000 people were diagnosed with it in the UK in 2008 ...
(STRASBOURG ) - EU officials struggled Tuesday to persuade European lawmakers to let US justice authorities have access to personal data for use in "terror" probes, warning of a security vacuum if they refuse.
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