Posts Tagged ‘surgeon’

Enoch Powell’s Centennial: A Complex, Frustrating And Fascinating Man

This Saturday, June 16, will mark what would have been the 100th birthday of John Enoch Powell, one of the most fascinating, influential and controversial British politicians of the 20th century. Largely unknown to Americans, Powell became a symbol of the anti-immigration movement that swelled in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s.

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India’s Mining Industry Scarred By Corruption, Lack Of Regulation: Report

India ’s scandal-plagued mining industry causes tremendous damage to the environment and needs to be rid of corruption caused by a lack of government regulation and oversight, according to a prominent western human rights organization. In a report entitled “Out of Control: Mining, Regulatory Failure and Human Rights in India ,” Human Rights Watch , or HRW, also condemned the nation’s mining sector for ignoring the rights of famers and indigenous peoples where mines are developed, often illegally.

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