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Amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill to safeguard justice for victims of corporate human rights abuses in developing countries were narrowly defeated in the House of Lords yesterday. Crossbench peers had argued that an exemption was needed to make sure than poor communities harmed by UK-based companies could still afford to bring cases to court.
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Unresolved ethnic tensions threaten Mali peace, say Christian charities
Unresolved ethnic tensions threaten Mali peace, say Christian charities
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Pope Tweets: His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI joins the twittersphere
With the news that Pope Benedict XVI has joined the 'twittersphere', there is much anticipation about what @pontifex (his English-language Twitter username) will be using the social networking site to communicate.
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TAGS: 157.Catholic social teaching, 264.International news, 282.media, 263.News, 153.Prayer, 266.UK News
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