Investigations Around the World

By Simona Raetz

British business mogul linked to illegal activity; Vatikan Bank under investigation; Burmese refugees find squalid housing in U.S.

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"… stories to highlight, so please send your links to investigations@icij.org. …"

U.S. free trade agreements locked in limbo

By Laurel Adams

The number of bilateral and regional free trade agreements has been increasing worldwide, but the U.S. has been sitting on three

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"… nclude Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore, but other countries, like Australia, Peru, and Vietnam are considering the agreement.Following are other new w …"

Unproven for older women, digital mammography saps Medicare dollars

By Joe Eaton, Elizabeth Lucas and David Donald

High-tech, digital mammography may not be any better at detecting breast cancer in women over 65 than older film-based systems, but Medicare

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"… es with an advertising campaign during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The 30-second television spot featured three middle-aged female radiologi …"

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Overview: The tobacco lobby goes global

By Ricardo Sandoval Palos

The tobacco lobby goes global

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"… iticians and lawyers in the United States and other developed nations like Australia and France. The global reputation of tobacco executives ranks near the bot …"

As USPS financial woes increase, it looks to foreign alternatives

By Laurel Adams

Faced with plummeting mail volume and record financial losses, the U.S. Postal Service is looking abroad for ideas. Foreign postal services

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"… vernment Accountability Office report. The GAO analyzed postal services in Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland.Hybrid mail alerts cust …"

Exporting an epidemic

By Jim Morris

Human toll reaches millions as asbestos industry expands worldwide

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"… spite waves of asbestos-related disease in North America, Europe, and Australia, bans or restrictions in 52 countries, piles of incriminating studies, and …"

"… pational and Environmental Health at the Sydney School of Public Health in Australia, has forecast a total of 5 million to 10 million deaths from asbestos-rela …"

"… roperties. For decades, industrialized countries from the United States to Australia relied on it for countless products, including pipe and ceiling insulation …"

"… ed as of Jan. 1, 2005. The EU’s decision to ban was replicated by Chile, Australia, Japan, and Egypt, among other countries. Most flatly forbid use of asbest …"

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Global warming: Heated denials

By Lisa Chiu

Stand-up comedian Tim Slagle was on a roll. In a lunchtime routine tailored to 400 conference attendees, Slagle was killing ‘em with jokes a

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"… t’s co-sponsors were from abroad, including think tanks in India, China, Australia, Europe, and Canada.The Civil Society Coalition on Climate Change is compo …"

The looting of Russia

By David E. Kaplan and Christian Caryl

WASHINGTON, August 3, 1998 — "Can you take a look at this?" asked Joe Davidson's supervisor at the FBI, handing him a file. Davidson cracked

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"… hat De Beers officials watched the new firm with growing anxiety. Already, Australia had pulled out of the cartel, and vast numbers of diamonds were finding th …"

Mr. Wong: pirate or law-abiding citizen

By Andreas Harsono

BATAM ISLAND, Indonesia, April 13, 1999 — "Why should I continue this night business life if he is really the mastermind of the pirates?" Ay

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"… gapore in a denim company, he said, while his two children are studying in Australia.He declined to talk about the charges, complaining a lot about his prison …"

Reporters without boundaries

By Bill Birnbauer

Most of the reporting we do, even the in-depth investigative projects, stretches only as far as our borders

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"… ts are on www.public-i.org; its site is www.publicintegrity.org. …"

"… he ABC and a producer with the American 60 Minutes at CBS.When I read that Australian journalist and author Phillip Knightley was a key adviser, and that he be …"

"… has about 75 investigative journalists in 41 countries, including five in Australia (The Sydney Morning Herald‘s Marian Wilkinson, Ross Coulthart from the N …"

"… t from the Nine network Sunday program, Mary-Louise O’Callaghan from The Australian, Perth freelancer Jan Mayman and myself).The ICIJ canvases ideas for proj …"

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