May 17 – Interrogation rooms with wooden boards used to immobilize detainees, are among the evidence of torture Human Rights Watch says it has uncovered in Syria. Deborah Gembara reports.
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Human Rights Watch says they’ve found torture devices, documents in Syria
May 18th, 2013 
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No Comments »Nigeria bombs Islamists, U.S. sounds alarm
May 18th, 2013 admin MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian warplanes struck militant camps in the northeast on Friday in a major push against an Islamist insurgency, drawing a sharp warning from the United States to respect human rights and not harm civilians.
Posted in World Financial News Tags: human, major, northeast, push, rights, topnews, warning, warplanes No Comments »US lawmakers urge for China to be designated for trade secret theft
March 28th, 2013 admin The annual Intellectual Property Rights report includes US lawmakers urging the USTR to designate China for trade secret theft.
Posted in Forex Latest News Tags: americas, china, chinese, concerns, currency, designating, goods, met, politics/policy, regions, report, rights, score, years No Comments »Sergei Magnitsky uncovered Russia-to-Cyprus money laundering, and look what happened to him
March 24th, 2013 admin T he latest eurozone crisis comes down to controversy over bailing out a Cypriot banking system that is flooded with Russian black money. The EU-proposed “haircut” solution — with a 9.9 percent levy on large deposits in Cyprus — received zero votes in Cyprus’ parliament and Russian president Vladimir Putin called it “unjust, unprofessional and dangerous.” Attempts to find a compromise have foundered .
Posted in World Financial News Tags: act, bank, browder, case, fraud, hermitage, kremlin, laundering, magnitsky, money, news, prison, rights No Comments »170 legal victories empower First Nations in fight over resource development
December 15th, 2012 admin The wakeup call: Corporate interests need to accept what the courts already have — that First Nations now hold the balance of power in deciding the fate of Canada’s resource projects because they have rights that others don’t Canada is orchestrating a big push to accelerate development of its natural resources, but behind the hype there is a shifting and tense legal landscape.
Russia’s ‘Foreign-Agent’ Squeeze
November 24th, 2012 admin A man passes by the office of Memorial rights group in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012.
The embarrassment Aldi had in store for me
November 5th, 2012 admin Security guard made me empty my bag in front of everyone, even though I hadn’t done anything wrong I was in Aldi when I received a call from a friend I was to meet.
Shell wins Newfoundland and Labrador offshore exploration rights
November 4th, 2012 admin Royal Dutch Shell Plc won exploration rights in five areas of the Laurentian Sub-basin offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, making a $97-million commitment to secure the properties, the province’s offshore regulator said on Friday
Posted in World Financial News Tags: dutch, friday, labrador, newfoundland, plc, properties, rights, secure No Comments »Canada-China trade deal is too one-sided
November 4th, 2012 admin Diane Francis: Canada’s trade deal with China gives Chinese companies in Canada plenty of rights but Canadian firms have no reciprocal rights in China
Posted in World Financial News Tags: canada, canadian, china, chinese, companies, deal, diane, firms, francis, plenty, reciprocal, rights, trade No Comments »Europe’s outlook darkens as German growth fades
October 11th, 2012 admin By DAVID RISING and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press (Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved
Posted in Forex News Tags: darkens, david, fades, forexnews, rights, rising, thursday, whe No Comments »Wolseley’s dull back to basics move has plugged its leaky finances
October 3rd, 2012 admin Wolseley shed its £3bn debt burden in four years and is paying £350m special dividend by avoiding balance sheet acrobatics Repairing Wolseley, the plumbing and building materials supplier, has proved a remarkably speedy job. Four years ago, after the last chief executive’s debt-fuelled acquisition spree at the top of the market, the company’s borrowings stood at almost £3bn and an emergency £1bn rights issue was required.
Sino-Forest’s restructuring deal leaves shareholders cut out
October 3rd, 2012 admin “This was just rubber-stamped and forgotten by the courts and the monitor. Our rights were completely extinguished,” says one minority shareholder
Posted in World Financial News Tags: completely, courts, extinguished, forgotten, minority, rights, rubber, shareholder No Comments »RCA graduates go into business with concrete on a roll and coffee on a laptop
September 30th, 2012 admin The Royal College of Arts’ new innovation centre aims to nurture young entrepreneurs – and takes a surprisingly hard-headed approach to business survival The recent billion-dollar court case between Apple and Samsung showed the world just how important the protection of intellectual property rights can be.
Posted in World Financial News Tags: business, cost, designer, entrepreneurs, innovation, product, rights, student, time No Comments »Shareholders to Sue RBS and Fred Goodwin over Rights Issue
September 3rd, 2012 admin Shareholder consortium in talks to launch £3.3bn lawsuit against RBS and former senior executives over rights issue.
Posted in World Financial News Tags: consortium, executives, issue, launch, lawsuit, rbs, rights, senior, shareholder, talks No Comments »Axa won’t insure my underpinned house
September 2nd, 2012 admin I have lost a buyer because, without insurance, my underpinned house is unsaleable I live in a house that was underpinned in 1990, which is now on the market. Axa, my buildings insurer, is refusing to cover any future owner
Posted in World Financial News Tags: axa, buyer, consumer, consumer affairs, consumer rights, cover, features, guardian, letter, owner, property, rights, the guardian No Comments »
