Word: africas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...past year, the human-rights group Amnesty International has waged a battle with manufacturers and governments around the world to curb commerce in these devices. Amnesty says electric-shock torture or the abuse of prisoners with shock devices has occurred in at least 50 countries in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia. "Torturers seem to be discovering that electroshock stun weapons are ideal for their evil purposes--cheap, easy to conceal and hard to trace," says Brian Wood, who tracks the weapons internationally for Amnesty. TIME's own investigation found few international controls over the devices, along with...
...closely screened to block the items from falling into the hands of human-rights abusers. Yet Air Taser has been negotiating to supply thousands of electric-shock riot shields for crowd control to police in Turkey, where torture is "widespread," according to State Department human-rights reports. South Africa's new CMax prison for hardened criminals is considering buying Stun Tech's shock belt over the protests of human-rights groups, which complain that Nelson Mandela's government allows prisoner abuses...
...turnabout in our petroleum fortunes? The industry has changed fundamentally since previous oil shocks that seemed to portend ever higher prices. Oil is coming into the market from every corner of the globe. Current exploration hot spots include the newly independent nations around the Caspian Sea and offshore West Africa. This diversification acts as an insurance policy against supply disruptions. The growing role of natural gas in the overall energy mix provides a further buffer. Information technology has also allowed the industry to search for oil and make a profit at $15 per bbl., about half the threshold of just...
...makes billions as a result, good luck to him. Will bringing down Microsoft and Gates benefit America? It may soothe the envy of his competitors, but it won't be of long-term benefit to the world. America should celebrate him, not persecute him. BARBARA BANNISTER KwaZulu, South Africa...
...making a very conspicuous bid to get back to work. He kicked off five days of policy pronouncements Monday with an executive order on gun control. "The atmosphere at the White House is very different," says TIME White House correspondent Karen Tumulty, who toured with the Clintons in Africa. "They feel they can go out and remind people what he used to do before the scandals started." That's just what Paula Jones was trying...