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...Chen was disappointed, but not surprised. Like a small but growing number of Chinese lawyers, he has made it a part of his career to argue cases he knows he probably won't win. Whether pleading the cases of criminal defendants pro bono or filing lawsuits against government agencies and other powerful entities, these lawyers-"rights defenders" as many now call themselves-share a belief that the law can be used to change the status quo. Though hardly a movement, they have become an increasingly significant force. In a country allergic to challenges to authority, they make noise about everything...
...brand of the moment, (RED), is also the most socially conscious. Created by Bono and Bobby Shriver to benefit the Global Fund in the fight against AIDS, the campaign includes companies like Gap, Apple, American Express, Giorgio Armani, Motorola and Converse, which were enlisted to raise money by selling their own (Product) RED lines and donating portions of their profits...
...band's trip to Tokyo last week, U2 frontman and global do-gooder Bono visited Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to discuss Japan's work on development aid. After Abe donned a pair of the rock star's shades, Bono pronounced the new Prime Minister "very cool...
...Though they pledged to toe the party line, their readmission sent a signal that the LDP's commitment to reform may be halfhearted. "It will hurt us badly," says Taro Kono, assistant chairman of the LDP's policy-research council. "Abe is seen as a weak leader." At least Bono likes...
...years ago, a team of lawyers, approached by the nonprofit Innocence Project, took on the case of the Norfolk-based sailors and spent thousands of pro bono hours analyzing the record and conducting interviews with witnesses, experts and former jurors. In the process, they found numerous inconsistencies between the confessions, essentially the only hard evidence offered in the trials, and the crime scene evidence. For example, Tice had confessed that six men had used a claw and hammer to break open the door to Moore-Bosko's apartment, but police found no signs of forced entry or struggle. Deborah Boardman...