Case of Unocal Burma A landmark case The Unocal case is a breakthrough for foreigners trying to sue multinational corporations for their alleged collaboration with repressive regimes in human rights abuses. Work in progress at the Yadana pipeline project ... modern equivalent of slavery? Unocal Corporation‚ the California-based giant gas-and-petroleum corporation‚ will face trial in a United States court on charges of forced labour of Burmese people to build the $1.2 billion Yadana Gas Pipeline
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As a renowned children’s book author‚ Doctor Seuss had a vivid imagination of his characters‚ and his books contained valuable morals. This children’s book‚ Horton Hears a Who‚ is about an elephant saving an entire community of people on a flower from his town. Horton is unable to see the micro people that he claims live on a flower‚ which makes Horton’s town think he is insane. The miniature people realize that Horton is the only one able to hear them‚ and that the others in Horton’s town won’t
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I. INTRODUCTION T ravel and tourism are among of the world’s fastest growing industries‚ and are one of the major sources of foreign exchange earning and employment for many countries. Tourism is particularly the signification for developing economies. In recent years‚ tourism has been increasingly recognized for its potential to contribute to the reduction of poverty. However‚ the global growth of tourism poses a signification threat to cultural and biological diversity. Eco-tourism is a form
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figure out where they are supposed to be to meet up with their platoon. Self accountability is showing up to formation on time with all of my gear and sensitive items on hand. If you were not accountable for your gear something as small as a rhino mount could get lost somewhere between where you came from ad the formation. This would result in a massive police call which could possibly last for hours until this piece of gear is found. Once the equipment is found you will probably get massive
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Japanese car are getting more and more popular in these few decades. In 2007‚ Japan turned into the world’s largest vehicle producer and became one of main players in international vehicle industry (Jeffrey Hays 2009). For instance‚ Honda‚ a well-known Japanese vehicle producer‚ it is also one of the best car sellers in Malaysia. Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd was born in 15 November 2000 as a result of the formation of partnership between Honda Motor Co. Ltd. of Japan‚ DRB-HICOM Berhad and Oriental Holdings
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majority returned from war without emotional problems. Leading corporate hiring managers have told researchers they fear these veterans might fly into a rage or "go postal." As a result‚ veterans say they’ve seen blatant discrimination. Timothy "Rhino" Paige‚ a former Air Force pilot who developed PTSD in 2005‚ sought federal work in Colorado in 2010 under laws offering disabled veterans preferential hiring consideration‚ he says he didn’t even get an interview. According to the National
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Religion is often deemed as a manmade concept used to suppress the natural way of thinking. However there are certain people who have triumphed over the social norm by demonstrating contradictory ideas. For instance in the novel Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel portrays that religion is essential in a person’s life through the experiences of the protagonist‚ Pi Patel. Through one of Pi’s experiences Martel shows that religion can be used as a medium to ease self-burden. In addition religion provides a sense
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Central Congo Basin Moist Forests “The Congo Basin makes up one of the most important wilderness areas left on Earth. At 500 million acres‚ it is larger than the state of Alaska and stands as the world’s second largest tropical forest” (Congo Basin). The Amazon is the only moist tropical forest that is bigger than the Congo Basin moist forest. The Congo Basin moist forest is four times the size of France and contains about one fourth of the closed canopy forest left on Earth (Managing Congo Basin
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Nowadays owning a cell phone has become a common commodity but can this seemingly harmless device be the cause of cancer? Cell phones emit radio frequency (RF) energy a type of electromagnetic energy that could be biologically damaging to the body. However some research suggests that the RF energy is a low frequency energy that is incapable of causing detrimental effects to the cells in the body. Some studies do not demonstrate a strong causal relation between RF exposure from cell phones and negative
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The Truth about Hunting Hunting has been a controversial subject in recent years. Some people are trying to say that hunting harms the environment and is a barbaric act. Meanwhile‚ others believe that hunting is necessary for conservational needs and animal population control. There is no true answer to whether hunting is good or bad yet. There will always be those who won’t accept hunting as a beneficial. Furthermore‚ this paper will discuss both sides of hunting. We will start off by talking
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