(February 12, 2003) While France, Germany and Russia now profess to favour disarmament, they have not only consistently opposed any practical measure to effect it over the years, they have themselves been Saddam’s chief suppliers of weapons of mass destruction.
Iraq’s odious debts
(February 12, 2003) Russia and France have good reason to oppose a war with Iraq: They stand to lose more from Saddam Hussein’s ouster than any other countries in the world.
Amec challenged over alleged link to African bribery trial
(February 10, 2003) Amec’s promise that its acquisition of Spie will not draw it into a bribery trial in southern Africa has been challenged by the French engineering company’s former owner.
Bribery row mars Amec’s ballot win
(February 6, 2003) A row over bribery allegations yesterday took the shine off shareholder approval for the Amec board to proceed with its full takeover of French construction company SPIE.
The rat that roared
(February 6, 2003) The future government in Baghdad may very well not consider itself responsible for paying Saddam’s debts. Does this alone condition the Chirac response to a fin de regime in Iraq?
Forgive us this day our odious debts
(February 1, 2003) For if the terms of the London Agreement, which dealt with the debts of the then West Germany, had been applied to today’s indebted countries, we could have avoided the deaths, sufferings and humiliations of hundreds of millions of people.
Families Wait For Bank’s Political Risk Assessment
(January 28, 2003) The movement of people at the Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project sites to the new resettlements set by the government and project authorities is said to be happening
smoothly.
Judge dismisses slave reparations case
(January 28, 2003) A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by descendants of slaves against corporations they say profited from slavery, saying the plaintiffs had established no clear link to the companies they targeted.
France: Iraq has WMD
(January 26, 2003) The French seem perfectly satisfied that the money they pay Saddam for oil goes toward WMD programs and supporting the military. Iraq owes France over $8 Billion in oil IOU’s and France has huge oil development contracts with Saddam.
Corruption busting
(January 24, 2003) The multibillion-rand Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), which transfers huge quantities of water from the rugged peaks of the Mountain Kingdom to the industrial heartland of South Africa, has always fitted the current stereotype of large dams – that they are massive, expensive and, environmental campaigners would say, destructive.
France motivated by its own oil argument
(January 22, 2003) Where Saddam rules, oil money goes to palaces and weapons. The French know this. […] It’s a brainless slander to say America wants a war for oil. It is a plain fact that France wants "peace" for oil.
World Conservation Union position on Fortis dam
(January 20, 2003) IUCN applauds Belize Supreme court decision to hold public hearings on
Fortis’ dam project prior to any final decision.
Public hearing equals public farce
(January 20, 2003) The public hearing on Chalillo, ordered by the Supreme Court, which was held in Cayo late last week, was supposed to give the Belizean public a forum to air their views and concerns about the controversial Macal River Dam. It did not do so.
Winning the Peace: Managing a Successful Transition in Iraq
(January 1, 2003) This report recommends to focus on creating viable power-sharing arrangements, protecting the Iraqi economy and oil interests, and maintaining regional stability. Generous debt and reparations relief arrangements are considered as necessary.
Government to launch new debt relief plan
(January 1, 2003) The Norwegian government is launching its new Plan of Action for Debt Relief for Development, which is a follow-up to the Norwegian Debt Relief Strategy of 1998.
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