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The Secret Sins of Koch Industries
In a four-continent investigation involving 16 reporters, Bloomberg Business News unearthed a multi-decade pattern of crimes and misdeeds by Koch Industries, the company run by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch. Using never-before-published internal documents and on-the-record interviews with former employees, the article reveals that Koch Industries paid bribes to win contracts in Africa, India, and the Middle East.
Tags: koch industries; charles koch; david koch; brothers; bribes; contracts
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Bad for America. Good for East Africa
The story traces a toxic chemical from its origin in the U.S. to the end users, mostly farmers in East Africa. It examines the chemical's side effects on the environment and wildlife in East Africa.
Tags: East Africa; environment; toxic; chemical; waste; farmers
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Somalis Funnel Millions to East Africa
"Somali refugees in Minnesota have sent at least $75 million to East Africa, using banks to make large wire transfers." While most of the money sent is said to be for humanitarian aid, federal investigators believe the collection system may exist to "contribute small sums for guns and clan-based militias back home".
Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation; Immigration and Naturalization Service; Internal Revenue Service; immigrants; Somalia; refugees
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Target America: The Terrorist War
An ABC News one-hour report examined the details surrounding the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in which hundreds died. In exploring the man the US had suspected was responsible - Osama Bin Laden - the report established for the first time a link between Bin Laden and President Saddam Hussein of Iraq.
Tags: TAPE TRANSCRIPT Nairobi; Kenya; Dar es Saleem; Tanzania; Africa; Pakistan; Afghanistan; Europe; intelligence; security; FBI Federal Bureau of Investigations Arab World Middle East international reporting
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Water, Water Everywhere
According to a recent United Nations report, one-sixth of the world's population--one billion people--lack access to clean water, and that number is expected to double in the next 30 years. "A number of areas could enter a period of chronic shortages during this decade, including much of Africa, northern China, pockets of India, Mexico, the Middle East and parts of western North America."
Tags: Water; pollution; endangered rivers; fish; contamination; conservation
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Philadelphia Inquirer reprint, titled "Feeding on the Hungry," deals with problems of relief effort to East Africa; half of relief food is stolen before it gets to the hungry; Somali government uses its hungry people to fatten its economy; aid is creating long-term dependence, September 1981.
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