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Labour row over business favours - Independent
The Labour Party plans to hold a series of ‘corporate seminars’ at its Millbank headquarters, at which business heads will meet ministers and make policy proposals for the next general election.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=295215

Asbestos victims win landmark case – BBC
Three people affected by asbestos cancer have won a groundbreaking case for compensation in the House of Lords. The Law Lords held that where a worker had been exposed to asbestos by more than one company, and it could not be proved which was the source of the disease, all the different companies which had exposed that worker to asbestos would be liable to pay compensation. This overturns a former ruling by the High Court that victims must prove which company was responsible for the individual dust particle that engendered the cancer in order to claim compensation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1991000/1991023.stm

IMF policies cause riots – World Development Movement
Recent report by WDM on protests against the IMF and World Bank in developing countries in 2001.
http://www.wdm.org.uk/presrel/current/Unrest2.htm

Rendon Group PR and the Pentagon – Chicago Tribune
Article on the Rendon Group’s PR work for the US government, including their involvement in propaganda for the ‘war on terrorism’
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/showcase/chi-0205120237may12.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

US and oil lobby oust climate change scientist - Guardian
Robert Watson , Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been replaced following underhand lobbying by the US, apparently following prompting from Exxon. His replacement is an Indian environmentalist with links to industry.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,687650,00.html