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When England entered her plea, she said she posed willingly for the camera--while holding a detainee on a leash--because she wanted to amuse her fellow soldiers. But England ran into trouble during her sentencing hearing when Charles Graner, the convicted ringleader of the Abu Ghraib abuses who is serving 10 years in prison, testified that he had ordered England to pose for the pictures, which he claimed were for legitimate training purposes. That prompted the judge to stop the trial and tell England, "If you honestly believe you were doing what Graner told you to do and that...
...instance, while Bank of America has pledged to shun investments in logging operations in the world's most sensitive forests. Even more important is the introduction of new industry standards such as the Equator Principles, which "promote responsible environmental stewardship and socially responsible development" by evaluating the threats projects pose to forests, natural habitats and indigenous populations. Thirty major private banks, including U.S. giants Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, and European powerhouses ABN Amro, Barclays, HSBC and ING, have so far signed up to the principles. According to Jon Williams, head of sustainability risk management at HSBC...
...Cablevision opposes the plan for the new stadium, which could pose a threat to the dominance of the company’s own Madison Square Garden...
...fact that aspirations for poverty alleviation and environmental protection are often antithetical. Added to this, the toll from disasters, natural and man-made, is in many cases catastrophic, and the situation is getting worse, not better. Unanticipated variability in climate—droughts, floods, and violent storms—pose problems for those least equipped to cope, a problem not confined to Africa but one experienced increasingly in many different parts of the world...
...colleagues who have been involved in organizing this conference because it seems to me that a University with our traditions, a University with a commitment to our values, has an obligation to promote discussion on the vital issues that today's vexed relationships with the Native American community pose...