This weekend may well decide whether the World Trade Organisation's multilateral talks - the so-called Doha round - will end in triumph or defeat. Trade ministers are meeting at the WTO in Geneva to hammer out an agreement on procedures for liberalising industrial and agricultural trade. If no deal is reached this weekend, WTO members are in danger of running out of time to conclude negotiations by the end of 2006. Negotiators have a series of exacting deadlines to meet this year. Knowing that this is the make or break year, and with time fast running out, WTO members need to make major strides to narrow their differences. We know from experience that ministerial meetings left with too many decisions to make at the last minute have little chance of success. As the global voice of business, representing companies large and small from all economic sectors in 130 countries, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) urges the world's political leaders to refuse to let these talks fail... http://www.guardian.co.uk censor News |
Editor - 10:38:00 06-30-06 |
Vatican to open all archives from 1922 to 1939 |
| Pope Benedict has decided to open all Vatican archives from 1922 to 1939, giving new insight into what the Catholic Church knew and did as Europe saw the rise of Nazism in Germany and the Spanish Civil War. The.. full News |
Editor - 10:32:00 06-30-06 |
India peeved over prisoner swap |
| India has accused Pakistan of reneging on a deal to free 240 Indian fishermen from its jails in a prisoner swap. The fishermen were to have been freed along with 19 other Indians in a swap with 38 Pakistanis at.. full News |
Editor - 10:29:00 06-30-06 |
Israel Strikes Militants' Car as Backdoor Negotiations Continue |
| Israeli aircraft on Friday attacked a car in Gaza City carrying militants, Palestinian officials and the Israeli army confirmed — the latest strike of a five-day-old Israeli offensive designed to force militant.. full News |
Editor - 09:54:00 06-30-06 |
US soldiers investigated in Iraqi family's killing |
| A preliminary military inquiry into the incident found sufficient reason to move to a formal criminal investigation, the military said in a statement released in Baghdad.It is the latest in a series of investig.. full News |
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Sunnis condemn Iraq amnesty plan |
| An influential Sunni group in Iraq, the Association of Muslim Scholars, has criticised the government's amnesty offer for insurgents. One of the group's leaders, Muthanna Harith al-Dari, said it was no more tha.. full News |
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