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Tonto National Forest

Hidden Christmas gifts from Congress to big corporations are an annual ritual

Environment

As Congress rushed to get spending bills passed before lawmakers went home for the holidays, unrelated riders gave gifts to mining and fossil fuel companies. And one of them comes at the expense of the environment and Native Americans.

Iron ore is unloaded from the Star Fortune bulk carrier at Rizhao Port, one of China's biggest ports for importing the commodity, in Shandong province, in March 2010.

How is China expanding its economic empire in Africa?

The World

Rio Tinto employees sentenced in China

Conflict & Justice
The World

Rio Tinto trial in China worries foreign investors

Conflict & Justice