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U.S. corporations winning fight over human rights lawsuits
2014-12-12 07:54:11| Agriculture - Topix.net
A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2013 that made it all but impossible to sue foreign companies in U.S. courts for alleged roles in overseas human rights abuses is proving to be a boon for U.S. firms too, court documents show. In the roughly year and a half since the ruling in Kiobel v.
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U.S. corporations winning fight over human rights lawsuits
2014-12-12 07:35:35| Food - Topix.net
A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2013 that made it all but impossible to sue foreign companies in U.S. courts for alleged roles in overseas human rights abuses is proving to be a boon for U.S. firms too, court documents show. In the roughly year and a half since the ruling in Kiobel v.
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Celebrating human rights
2014-12-12 01:24:58| PortlandOnline
This afternoon, Nick was proud to speak at the Emily G. Gottfried Award Ceremony, presented by the Portland Human Rights Commission.
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Internet should be 'basic human right' Berners-Lee
2014-12-11 15:05:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) World wide web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has called for internet access to be recognised as a human right. Presenting his World Wide Web Foundation's latest report tracking the internet's global impact, Berners-Lee said the internet could help tackle inequality as long as rights such as freedom of expression, affordable access and net neutrality were "hardwired" into the basic rules of net use. "It's time to recognise the internet as a basic human right," he said. "That means guaranteeing affordable access for all, ensuring internet packets are delivered without commercial or political discrimination, and protecting the privacy and freedom of web users regardless of where they live." However, the 2014-15 edition of the Web Foundation's annual Web Index found that the web is becoming less free and more unequal. Almost 60 percent of the world's people 4.3 billion cannot get online, while over half of those who can access the internet live in countries that severely restrict their rights online. In fact, laws preventing mass online surveillance are weak or nonexistent in more than 84 percent of countries, said the report, and 38 percent of surveyed countries are blocking sensitive online content to a "moderate or extreme degree", an increase of 6 percent from 2013.
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Human DNA shows traces of 40 million-year battle for survival between primate and pathogen
2014-12-11 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] jkiefer@neuro.utah.edu 801-597-4258 University of Utah Health Sciences @UofUHealthCare Study highlights importance of nutritional immunity in fighting infectious disease (SALT LAKE CITY) - Examination of DNA from 21 primate s…
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