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Published by The Washington Post | By Carrie Johnson | Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Former Attorney General John D. Ashcroft agreed last night to appear at a House hearing to discuss his lucrative arrangement overseeing a medical equipment company, averting a showdown with committee members who had planned to meet today to authorize a subpoena.

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Published by The New York Times | By STEPHEN LABATON | Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The head of the Federal Communications Commission and other senior officials said on Monday that they were considering taking steps to discourage cable and telephone companies from delaying the downloads and uploads of heavy Internet users.

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Published by IPS | By Aileen Kwa | Thursday, February 21, 2008

The Ugandan parliament will soon have a hearing on the draft Plant Variety Protection Bill, approved by the cabinet early last year. According to an inside government source, seeds companies including Monsanto have been lobbying for such intellectual property protection.

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Published by AP | By ELLIOT SPAGAT | Wednesday, February 20, 2008

A defense contractor was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison Tuesday for bribing former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham with cash, trips, the services of prostitutes and other gifts in exchange for nearly $90 million in Pentagon work.

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Published by The Financial Times Limited 2008 | By Isabel Gorst in Moscow and Peter Marsh in London | Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Kazakhstan has warned ArcelorMittal, the world's biggest steel company, that it could be forced to close one of its coal mines if it does not improve safety following an explosion last month that killed 30 people.

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Published by The Guardian (UK) | By David Leigh and Rob Evans | Friday, February 15, 2008

Prince Bandar, the head of the Saudi national security council, and son of the crown prince, was alleged in court to be the man behind the threats to hold back information about suicide bombers and terrorists. He faces accusations that he himself took more than £1bn in secret payments from the arms company BAE.

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