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Vedanta, a fast growing British mining and aluminium production company founded by a billionaire expatriate Bombay businessman, threatens communities in India with environmental degradation and widespread pollution.

Issuing a landmark ruling that opens the way for compensation claims against oil conglomerates, a court in Nigeria has declared the flaring of natural gas illegal.

A trade group representing US, European and South African private security companies is lobbying to put pressure on the South African government to drop tough new anti-mercenary legislation now before parliament.

Jeff Turk is a small-town boy.

He's also a geek to the highest exponential power. The combination of traits has him at odds with his profession.

Raytheon Co. said Tuesday it won a $1.3-billion-US army contract to develop and test a new radar system designed to protect troops from cruise missile attacks.

In October, the U.S. Defence Department brought in new regulations to improve the controls it has over contractors providing services on the battlefield, as well as when such security personnel can carry weapons. It's unclear, however, just how effective the rules will be in dealing with issues of accountability and the legal status of contractors involved in
incidents of wrongdoing.

In October, the U.S. Defence Department brought in new regulations to improve the controls it has over contractors providing services on the battlefield, as well as when such security personnel can carry weapons. It's unclear, however, just how effective the rules will be in dealing with issues of accountability and the legal status of contractors involved in
incidents of wrongdoing.

William, who learned to fight in the Canadian army, teaches counter-terrorism to Filipino trainees, then leads them in combat.

The Rendon Group has garnered more than $56 million in work from the Pentagon since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. These contracts list such activities as tracking foreign reporters; "pushing" news favorable to U.S. forces; planting television news segments that promote American positions, and creating a grass-roots voting effort in Puerto Rico on behalf of the U.S. Navy.

Neighbors of a toxic mine site in Nevada want to know why an oil company responsible for its cleanup won't fence off nearly 6 square miles of mill tailings and ponds.