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Alchemy on the London stock market

May 15th, 2012 by
Published in All Stories, Views from the Bureau

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Are mining companies listed in London paying full taxes in the developing world?


Tax havens: a low cost place in the sun

May 15th, 2012 by | 1 Comment
Published in All Stories, Corporate Watch

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Leaked documents reveal major companies’s tax avoidance.


New research suggests Tasers can be lethal

May 15th, 2012 by | 1 Comment
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Tasers are being used more and more, but are they really safe?


Bankers’ lobby steps up to save sky-high bonuses

May 14th, 2012 by
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Industry group of bankers lobbies the EU on bankers’ bonuses.


Motorman: Britain’s other massive press scandal

May 12th, 2012 by
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Another secret record exists of potentially illegal activities by most of Fleet Street.


Magic, gangs and wrestlers in DRC

May 11th, 2012 by | 1 Comment
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Unreported World explores claims wrestlers suppress political opposition in DRC.


Analysis: Why we must name all drone attack victims

May 10th, 2012 by | 2 Comments
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror, Views from the Bureau

Pakistani villagers at funeral of drone victim - December 29 2010- AP

Bureau research names 170 militants killed in Pakistan – yet also 317 named civilians.


Chime profits fall in wake of Bureau sting

May 10th, 2012 by
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Lord Bell’s PR company suffers a surprise slide in revenues.


The ties that bind: Greece, Germany and the euro

May 10th, 2012 by | 2 Comments
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Michael Portillo

Arch-Eurosceptic Michael Portillo explores the forces that brought the euro to its knees.


Kenyan police accused of brutal attacks on Somalis

May 9th, 2012 by
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Human Rights Watch reports on the latest misery in a harrowing and intractable conflict.


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