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US Multinational Faces Human Rights Trial

Mining company accused of playing role in Colombian murders

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 9, 2007 2:47 PM CDT

(Newser) – A landmark trial addressing corporate culpability for human-rights violations committed on foreign soil gets under way this week, testing whether an 18th-century antipiracy law applies to modern business practices. At issue is the 2001 murder of three Colombian mining-union leaders, the Wall Street Journal reports,...   Read full story »

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