US ignores abuses committed by allies: Amnesty Dawn By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, March 7: In the name of national security, the Bush administration continues to turn a blind eye to human rights abuses by its allies, says the Amnesty International. In response to the US Department of States Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released on Tuesday, the Amnesty International said that while the reports recognise the plight of human rights defenders around the world, they fail to acknowledge that...
Cuban Activists Briefed on Human Rights The Guardian HAVANA (AP) - U.S. authorities presented independent Cuban activists and independent journalists with the State Department's annual human rights report Wednesday, saying the situation has not changed since Fidel Castro stepped aside seven months ago. Jonathan D. Farrar, the State Department's principal deputy assistant secretary for democracy, human rights and labor, spoke via video conference from Washington, answering questions from a small...
Exxon Mobil plans 20-plus new projects The State HOUSTON - Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. said Wednesday it will spend some of its record profits on more than 20 new global projects in the next three years, investments expected to add 1 million oil-equivalent barrels a day to the company's volumes at peak production. Irving, Texas-based Exxon Mobil, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, also said its project inventory at the end of 2006 has the potential to develop 24 billion...
PS2 Gets Girly in Australia IGN Insider A bubblegum-pink PS2 is coming to Oz. by , IGN AU Australia, March 7, 2007 - Well, it was almost inevitable that Sony would release a non-threatening, unabashedly feminine and prett-in-pink PlayStation 2 console, aimed squarely at the teengirlmarket. Why is this not at all surprising? Based on the success of pink Nintendo DS systems, the...
ANA, JAL aim for bigger profits via smaller jets on Asia routes Asahi News The nation's two major airlines are accelerating the switch to small, fuel-efficient passenger aircraft to increase profits on shorter routes linking Japan with other Asian countries, such as China and India. By replacing big, gas-guzzling jets, All Nippon Airways Co. and Japan Airlines Corp. plan to increase flights and expand service, targeting...
