MEPs' fund to divest from PetroChina over Sudan link

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EUROPE - Campaigners claim pressure on European pension funds to divest from PetroChina is mounting, after members of the European Parliament sold their scheme's stocks in the company accused of bankrolling the Sudanese regime.

The pension fund decided to pull out of Chinese domiciled oil giant PetroChina following a campaign led by MEP Glenys Kinnock and Aegis Trust, an international organisation dedicated to eliminating...

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