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...With the trade in "blood diamonds" on the agenda of the G8 summit later this month, De Beers is moving quickly to rebrand itself as a concerned corporate citizen of the world. Still, the company may struggle to contain the market backlash that could result from diamonds' being associated with brutality in Africa. De Beer's spokesman Andy Lamont, speaking in London, sounded a defensive note when pressed on industry responsibility for financing insurgencies. "Diamonds don't kill people," said Lamont. "People kill people." Shopworn NRA slogans won't necessarily mollify a potentially fickle market - De Beers may do better...
...basic format of the TV show is completely different from the radio show... The thrust will be about things that impact you at home - as a mother, as a wife, as a citizen, as a child in the family - and things happening in the world that you may feel helpless to do anything about. The way the show is structured is that there will be a lot of people who have passion about an issue, whatever it is. And ultimately it will be a call to action. So at the end of each show, we will tell people what they...
...people weren't going to vote for the last [proposal], I don't know how they would vote for the other one," he said. "I don't want to waste citizen time...
...your report. Revolutionary changes in information and communication technology will convert our world into an e-world and propel political systems in the direction of democracy. In a cyberspace equipped with intelligent tools, legislation can be effected by electronic referendums. The right to participate can be granted to every citizen. The principle of "no law without the right to vote on it" could be a practical concept within reach. ANDRZEJ KACZMARCZYK Warsaw...
Benvenutti, who worked in Washington last summer for Common Cause, a nonprofit citizen's lobbying organization, raised a skeptical eyebrow at the suggestion that one goes into business to learn about politics, or into the private sector to learn about the public...