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  1. Investigations Around The World

    Investigations Around the World

    By Simona Raetz | July 27, 2010, 3:48 pm

    Check out this week’s Investigations Around the World: an investigation into the U.S. oversized intelligence community; favoritism by Bosnia’s state bank in favor of the ruling party, and a Rwandan billionaire and suspected war financier pleads guilty to charges of tax evasion and fraud. Read More

  2. Networking

    Investigative Journalists Gather in Brazil

    By Marina Walker Guevara | July 23, 2010, 4:25 pm

    Elections, sports, and the environment will be the big three topics on the table when Brazilian journalists and their international peers gather next week in Sao Paulo for that country’s 5th International Congress on Investigative Journalism. Organized by the Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (ABRAJI), the conference has become one of the largest meetings of investigative journalists worldwide.

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  3. Investigations

    Following the Money on Asbestos

    By David E. Kaplan | July 22, 2010, 12:52 pm

    ICIJ rolled out its biggest project in months this week: Dangers in the Dust – Inside the Global Asbestos Trade. We’ve had a half-dozen of our reporters team up with the BBC’s International News Services, and it’s been a great partnership. Together, we’ve covered eight countries in nine months, from the Russian city of Asbest to the Mexico City suburb of Iztapalapa. What we found is now getting global coverage: that the asbestos industry, now banned and restricted in 52 countries, has moved big-time to the developing world, prompting health experts to warn of new epidemics of cancer and lung disease in places like China, India and Brazil. Read More

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  1. Dangers in the Dust: Inside the Global Asbestos Trade In the fall of 2009, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists began delving into industry efforts in developing countries to promote the use of asbestos — a known carcinogen banned or restricted in 52 countries. During nine months of research, the ICIJ team in partnership with the BBC documented the activities of a global network of industry groups, led by the Canadian government-backed Chrysotile Institute, which has helped fuel use of the toxic mineral in nations such as China, India, Brazil and Mexico. With the help of industry-funded scientists, these groups have influenced government regulations and fought off attempts to ban the cheap, fire-resistant construction and insulation material. Go >

  2. The Global Climate Change Lobby The Global Climate Change Lobby

    Global attempts to craft a pivotal new climate treaty in Copenhagen this December are being stymied by a far-reaching, multinational backlash led by fossil fuel industries and other heavy carbon emitters, according to an ICIJ investigation based on reporting in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Japan, and the United States.

  3. Tobacco Underground Tobacco Underground

    The illicit trafficking of tobacco is a multibillion-dollar business today, fueling organized crime and corruption, robbing governments of needed tax money, and spurring addiction to a deadly product. Drawn by profits rivaling those of narcotics, smugglers move cigarettes by the billion, making tobacco the world's most widely smuggled legal substance.

  4. Collateral Damage Collateral Damage

    Post-9/11 U.S. foreign policy and military aid and assistance had a huge impact in nations around the world — and at home. This award-winning project includes 20 articles from four continents.

  5. Divine Intervention, U.S. AIDS Policy Abroad Divine Intervention, U.S. AIDS Policy Abroad

    A year-long investigation of President Bush’s initiative to fight AIDS abroad finds that conservative ideology hinders its real benefits by insisting on abstinence-only programs over promoting condom use.

  6. Windfalls of War, U.S. Contractors in Afghanistan & Iraq Windfalls of War, U.S. Contractors in Afghanistan & Iraq

    A comprehensive examination of companies that won contracts for work in Iraq and Afghanistan — and of their campaign contributions, led by General Electric and Vinnell Corporation (the former Northrup Grumman).

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  8. Business of War
  9. Latin America
  10. Water Privatization