Pepsi's Dean
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PepsiAmericas' range of products
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Indian Apparel Companies Gag Labor Groups with Court Filings
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A judge in Bangalore, India has reaffirmed a gag order against labor organizations and supporters who seek to criticize labor conditions at factories in the region, reports the Dutch newspaper, Trouw. Workers have alleged that Fibres and Fabrics International (FFI) and Jeans Knit (JKPL), which produce garments for the European and U.S.
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The "Other Iraq" Opens a DC Lobbying Office
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Carbon Offsets Challenged
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The marketing of carbon offsets as a 'solution' to global warming is attracting criticism.
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Murdoch Columnist Wrote Speeches for Australian Minister
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A parliamentary committee reviewing government expenditures was informed that Christopher Pearson, a conservative columnist who writes on national politics
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Truth Voted Down in UK PR Ethics Debate
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A majority of 350 people attending a debate on PR ethics voted against the team supporting the proposition that PR practitioners have a responsibility to tell the truth. The debate was hosted by the PR industry trade publication PR Week. The director of communications for the Church of England, Peter Crumpler, was disappointed with the result. "Truth and integrity have to be the cornerstones of our profession if we are to have any credibility with the media and the wider world," he said.
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Not-So-Liberal Hollywood
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Fighting Terror with Comments on Arabic Blogs
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"We just a few weeks ago, for the first time, engaged in Arabic on blogs," Karen Hughes, the U.S. Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy, told reporter Tara Copp. "We have what's called here a 'digital outreach team' ...
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WHO's Money?
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The British Medical Journal reports that the director of the World Health Organization's (WHO's) department of mental health and substance abuse, Benedetto Saraceno, proposed in an e-mail that the European Parkinson's Disease Association accept a $10,000 grant from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and pass it on to the UN agency. WHO has a policy that it doesn't accept contributions from drug companies.
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Court Rejects Legal Bid to Block Forest Protest
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Forestry Tasmania, a Tasmanian government-owned forestry agency, lost a bid to get a court order preventing an environmental group from organizing a rally against logging operations.
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