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Behind the wire in Australia's 'Pacific Gulag'
AFP, Published on 11/09/2018
» YAREN, Nauru: A cluster of prefabricated huts pokes out of Nauru's sweltering rocky landscape to reveal refugee settlement camp number five, a place defined by desperation and rarely visited by outsiders.
Glyphosate under fire worldwide
AFP, Published on 11/08/2018
» PARIS: Glyphosate, the world's most widely used herbicide and the active ingredient in Monsanto's weedkiller Roundup, is the subject of fierce controversy all across the globe and is classified by the World Health Organization as "probably" being carcinogenic.
US giant Monsanto known for controversial chemicals
AFP, Published on 11/08/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO - From "Agent Orange" and DDT to genetically modified crops, Monsanto has long been associated with controversial chemicals, but a US court order for it to pay damages because one of its herbicides may cause cancer could open the door to thousands more claims against the company.
US jury finds Monsanto guilty in Roundup trial
AFP, Published on 11/08/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO - A California jury on Friday ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay nearly $290 million for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that its weed killer Roundup might cause cancer.
Dying groundskeeper battles chemical giant Monsanto
AFP, Published on 09/08/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO - Cancer-stricken Dewayne Johnson vowed to fight to his death in a David versus Goliath court battle against agrochemical giant Monsanto, whose weed killer he blames for robbing him of his future.
Dying groundskeeper to testify in Roundup cancer trial
AFP, Published on 24/07/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO - A California groundskeeper dying of cancer prepared to testify Monday before jurors hearing evidence in his lawsuit blaming Monsanto weed killer Roundup for his terminal illness.
Dying groundskeeper to testify in Roundup cancer trial
AFP, Published on 23/07/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO - A California groundskeeper dying of cancer is slated to testify Monday before jurors hearing evidence in his lawsuit blaming Monsanto weed killer Roundup for his terminal illness.
Facebook in fresh controversy over Holocaust denial
AFP, Published on 19/07/2018
» WASHINGTON - Facebook found itself embroiled anew in controversy Thursday after chief executive Mark Zuckerberg argued the leading social network should not filter out posts denying the Holocaust.
Muslims in China's 'Little Mecca' fear eradication of Islam
AFP, Published on 16/07/2018
» LINXIA (CHINA) - Green-domed mosques still dominate the skyline of China's "Little Mecca", but they have undergone a profound change -- no longer do boys flit through their stone courtyards en route to classes and prayers.
As trial opens, man dying of cancer blames Monsanto's Roundup
AFP, Published on 10/07/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO - A lawyer for a California groundskeeper dying of cancer took aim at Monsanto Monday as a jury began hearing the lawsuit accusing the chemical giant of ignoring health risks of its top-selling weed killer Roundup.