India must resist European pressure to trade away health

Latest round of negotiations on sensitive intellectual property issues resumes today India should resist pressure from the European Union to accept, as part of a free trade agreement, harmful provisions that will have a major negative impact on access to affordable...

The Deciding Factor

"By Muhammad Osman January 7, 2011 (NAIROBI) – Over 15,000 Southern Sudanese are expected to turn up at eight polling stations across Kenya between 9 and 15 January to vote in a crucial referendum vote on the possible secession of their semi-autonomous region from north...

China-Peru FTA to take effect in mid-January

LIMA, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Peru-China Free Trade Agreement will come into force on Jan. 15, slightly earlier than planned, after Peru accelerated the ratification process in hopes of reaping early benefits from...

ASEAN-China FTA will be Implement from January 1, 2010

New Delhi: ASEAN-China FTA will be implement from January 1, 2010. The Asean trade in goods agreement (Atiga) that eliminates tariffs in more than 90 per cent of products being traded within the region. Indonesian...

India-Japan Strategic and Global Partnership

New Delhi: During the visit of India, Japanease Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Indian PM Manmohan Singh decleared joint statement on India-Japan Strategic and Global Partnership. Prime Minister of India, Dr....

Three agreements between China and Sri Lanka

New Delhi: China and Sri Lanka framework three agreements for providing funding to Sri Lanka amounting to 410 million USD for infrastructure development which includes one international airport in Sri Lanka. The...

Bhutan King visit to India and sign a no. of pacts and MoUs

New Delhi: India and Bhutan sign a number of agreement and MoUs during the 5 day visit of Bhutan King King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. The fifth King of Bhutan, who is in India on his maiden foreign...

Key powers reach compromise at climate summit

What has happened is a case of well we can only do our best to achieve 2C. China saying its happy means its been promised something it really wanted, that being access to new green and clean technology. Obama went...

Pakistan peace pact with militants scrapped as violence restarts

The critics of the peace pact signed by the government in Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP) with militants active in Swat region have won as the peace accord practically stands scrapped...

Obama and Harper announce a clean energy pact between two nations

US President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announed today that they will work together as two nations to provide clean energy to both countries and to reduce climate change. Obama said that...

A loss of a star, LG begins payment for incorrect energy rating

LG Electronics USA: French Door Refrigerator losing Energy Star   LG Electronics has made an agreement with the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency on the matter of Energy Star rating for its French door bottom mount freezer model...

White House: Bush calls Abbas, discusses Gaza

" President George W. Bush and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas agreed in a telephone conversation Tuesday that if any new cease-fire agreement is to be effective in the Mideast, "it must be...

Iraqis suspicious of pullout deal

Leila Fadel says while new agreement seems a win for Iraq many doubt it will be implemented as written

Poznan Stall Over Indigenous Rights

United Nations Climate Change talks currently taking place in Poznan, Poland, have yielded few results. Even topics that had been anticipated to be resolved quickly aren't being agreed upon. One such topic is...

Vietnam-Paraguay visa exemption agreement to take effect

An agreement on visa exemption for diplomatic and official passport holders signed between Vietnam and the Republic of Paraguay’s governments will take effect as from October 26, 2008 announced the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Under the agreement...

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