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Britain loses torture appeal

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

The UK government loses its bid to prevent the disclosure of secret information relating to the alleged torture of a UK resident.

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Clinton Foundation Donor List: Includes Foreign Governments, Trump, Coke

Friday, January 1st, 2010

WASHINGTON — Foreign countries including Norway and Oman contributed to former President Bill Clinton’s charity, and donors including Donald Trump, multinational soft drink company Coca-Cola and singer Elton John’s foundation also pitched in as Hillary Rodham Clinton served her first year as secretary of state. A donor list released on New Year’s Day by the William J

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Pirate Ransom Money May Explain Kenya Property Boom

Friday, January 1st, 2010

NAIROBI, Kenya — Property prices in Nairobi are soaring, and Somali pirates are getting the blame. The hike in real estate prices in the Kenyan capital has prompted a public outcry and a government investigation this month into property owned by foreigners. The investigation follows allegations that millions of dollars in ransom money paid to Somali pirates are being invested in Kenya, Somalia’s southern neighbor and East Africa’s largest economy.

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Method’s Shiny Suds Video: Getting Behind The Household Product Labeling Act (VIDEO)

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

With the tag line “when did clean become so dirty?,” Method cleaning products — known for their environmentally-friendly ingredients — has launched a campaign for the disclosure of all ingredients found in cleaning products. They’re supporting the ” Household Product Labeling Acts ,” which will require all cleaning products to carry full ingredient labels

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Charities Hurt By Madoff May Need To Return Funds

Friday, August 21st, 2009

The battered image of Hadassah, the American women’ss Zionist organization, may be harmed further by the disclosure earlier this month that its former chief financial officer was a mistress to Bernard Madoff – even as she sat on the committee that invested the charity’s funds with Madoff’s $50 billion Ponzi scheme. But worse news may yet be in the offing. More on Bernard Madoff

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Disclosure of Chrysler Creditors Is Ordered

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

A federal bankruptcy judge in Manhattan on Tuesday ordered the disclosure of the identities of Chrysler creditors fighting a proposed sale of the company’s assets to Fiat.

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NEWSWEEK: ‘Holy Hell’ Over Torture Memos

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

A fierce internal battle within the White House over the disclosure of internal Justice Department interrogation memos is shaping up as a major test of the Obama administration’s commitment to opening up government files about Bushera counterterrorism p…

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THE WASHINGTON POST: Unemployment Rate Jumps to 8.5 Percent, 663K Jobs Lost in March

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Jobless rate jumps to 8.5 percent, highest since late 1983; payrolls drop 663,000.

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Rich Americans Sue UBS To Keep Names Secret In Tax-Evasion Investigation

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

UBS was sued on Tuesday in a Swiss federal court by wealthy American clients seeking to prevent the disclosure of their identities as part of a tax-evasion investigation by the United States Justice Department.