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...government's underreporting of executions reflects a general lack of transparency in the process. Hangings are conducted in secret, at a heavily fortified location in Baghdad built by an American contractor. Only a few officials are notified beforehand, and the vast majority of the names of those executed are never made public. Human Rights Watch, which monitors the fairness of judicial systems around the world, is concerned about the ability of defendants in Iraq to get a fair trial and access to a thorough appeals process. Iraq has repeatedly rebuffed requests from the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner...
Nearly 100 Harvard employees, students, and union representatives from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 615 rallied outside of Holyoke Center on Friday to call for unionization and higher wages for the University’s security guards. Union representatives and employees have claimed that AlliedBarton, the contractor which employs Harvard’s security guards, has thwarted the unionization attempts of workers, and that the University has cooperated with AlliedBarton’s effort. According to SEIU spokeswoman Suzanne Morse, AlliedBarton’s security guards have been attempting to unionize for the last three years...
...recycling basins, which preclude the need to dig new reservoirs, which many had feared would displace thousands of farms and homes. The project would create as many as 7,000 direct jobs and more than 40,000 indirect jobs at home. Companies such as Bechtel, ABB and the French contractor Bouygues are expected to bid for the project...
Back at an undisclosed location, our amateur framed up the wall, settled it into place, and even installed a pre-hung door. Then, to block out his noisy suitemates, the blossoming general contractor installed bright pink R-13 fiberglass insulation and sound deadening panels, which he admits even the courteous Home Depot employee dubbed “overkill.” As a finishing touch, he used wood veneer paneling to give the room a flower power, Brady Bunch house feel...
...Abandoned early and publicly by both state and national party leaders - everyone from Jeb Bush to Karl Rove reportedly tried to recruit an alternative candidate - Harris's every campaign stumble and fashion faux-pas has eclipsed virtually all other issues, even her questionable dealings with Mitchell Wade, the defense contractor who funnelled $32,000 in illegal contributions to her 2004 reelection campaign and has also plead guilty to bribing California congressman Duke Cunningham. (Harris has said she is fully cooperating with the investigation into the illegal donations, and prosecutors say there is no evidence she knew they violated...