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Greens Call on World Economic Forum to Curb Corporate Power

Morning Star | February 6, 2002 FRIENDS of the Earth International called on members of the World Economic Forum (WEF) leaving a meeting in New York yesterday to take urgent steps to meet their social and environmental responsibilities.

Mayor""s Killing in Brazil State Churns Politics and Stirs Rage

New York Times | By LARRY ROHTER | January 21, 2002 The shooting death of the opposition mayor of a city bordering Sao Paulo, the latest in a series of attacks on leftist officials in Brazil's largest state, has plunged the country into a crisis that affects both public security and presidential politics.

Bill Moyers Reports: Trading Democracy

BILL MOYERS REPORTS: TRADING DEMOCRACY REVEALS HOW NAFTA'S CHAPTER ELEVEN CAN COST TAXPAYERS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHEN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS SUE THE GOVERNMENT OVER ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH LAWS THAT THREATEN THEIR PROFITS Premieres February 5 at 10:00 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings)

EU bans Chinese Animal Products, Citing Chloramphenicol Contamination

Food Chemical News | February 04, 2002

WTO Members Kick Off Negotiations With Decisions On Organization

WTO NEWS | February 2002 WTO member governments agreed, 1 February 2002, on how to organize negotiations launched at the Doha Ministerial Conference on 14 November 2001. The decisions were taken in the new Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC), which consists of all WTO members and countries negotiating membership.

World Economic Forum Takes Left Turn, As Participants Assail American Policies

Associated Press | by JIM KRANE | 02/04/02 They came in solidarity with this terror-wounded city. But since they arrived, speaker after speaker at the World Economic Forum has lambasted America as a smug superpower, too beholden to Israel at the expense of the Muslim world, and inattentive to the needs of poor countries or the advice of allies.

World Social Forum Renews Peace Calls, Amid Harsh Criticism Of US

Agence France Presse | February 4, 2002 Strident criticism of the United States dominated the World Social Forum's Peace Conference, which drew to a close Sunday urging that a democratic mediation mechanism be created to deal with conflicts.

""The Public Eye on Davos"" Conference a Success

`The Public Eye on Davos' Conference ended yesterday with a panel discussion on the topic of Security and the World Economy. Irene Khan, the General Secretary of Amnesty International, who had also attended the World Economic Forum (WEF), praised the quality of the Public Eye Conference in her talk.

Resolution Condemning US "Axis of Evil" Stance Issued by World Social Forum

Agence France Presse | February 3, 2002 PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil - A strongly-worded resolution condemning the United States for designating Iran, Iraq and North Korea as targets in the US war on terror, was issued here Saturday, with 60,000 activists esteeming "war cannot be the way to solve the world's problems."

Brazil: Free Trade Area of the Americas Criticized at World Social Forum

BBC Monitoring International Reports | February 2, 2002 Text of report by Elizabeth Lopez carried by Brazilian news agency Estado Porto Alegre - The FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas will be one of the main subjects of the political scenario during the next few months. And the key issue is no longer whether or not Brazil will sign the agreement but rather how to avoid it.