China Alone Abides by Commitments to World’s Poorest

By Raul de Sagastizabal The WTO member countries are moving towards the Eighth Ministerial Conference in Doha next December, again with no concrete results, even on issues relating to least-developed Countries (LDCs), recognized by the member countries’ ambassadors in the informal meeting of last July 26. The WTO (World Trade Organization) comprises More...

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By Raul de Sagastizabal On Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
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The Scramble for Europe

By Raúl de Sagastizabal The impact of Chinese purchases and investments in Europe The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), a think-tank founded in 2007, has published a report titled “The Scramble for More...

By Ana Nivtova On Saturday, November 27th, 2010
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South Korea Promises “1000 Times Bigger” Revenge

As South Koreans mourned the death of two marines killed in clashes with North Korea earlier this week the Marine Corps. commander Yoo Nak-jun said “We will pay back North Korea 100 times, 1,000 times for More...

By Andrea Sono On Thursday, November 25th, 2010
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India Gives its Nuclear Capable Missile a Run for its Money

India has successfully test-fired a version of its nuclear-capable Agni-1 missile Thursday. The missile has a range of 750 km and can be fired from mobile launchers. The test fire came amid an announcement of reinforcement More...

By Steve Morning On Thursday, November 25th, 2010
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India Deploys 36,000 Troops to Chinese Border

India is stepping up efforts to fortify its borders with a deployment of two new army divisions of 36,000 men to the north-easter border with China. According to BBC News 23 November, part of the troops will be More...

By Ana Nivtova On Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
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North Korea Attacks South Korea – Brink of War?

Yonhap News agency reported Tuesday that North Korea had fired artillery shells at Yeonpyeong, a South Korean island. Media reports suggest that as many as 70 houses were on fire after the shelling. The attacks More...

By Steve Morning On Monday, November 22nd, 2010
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Hundreds Dead in Cambodia Stampede

At least 300 people have been killed in a stampede that occurred during a festival near Cambodia’s royal palace in Phnom Penh according to Cambodia’s minister of information, Khieu Kanharith. 4 million More...

By Ana Nivtova On Friday, July 23rd, 2010
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North Korea Promises “Physical Response” to US moves

North Korea has promised a “physical response” to American moves taken following the sinking of a South Korean warship in March. The sinking of the warship has been blamed on North Korea by both South More...

By Rajat Anand On Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
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More than 158 feared killed as Air India plane crashes in southern India

Around 160 people were feared killed when an Air India Express airplane carrying 160 passengers and 6 crew members went out of control and over-ran the runway as it was about to land in Mangalore, in southern India. According More...

By Justin Frewen On Monday, May 10th, 2010
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Agent Orange Continues to Devastate Viet Nam

In 1975, after a 30 years struggle against a range of foreign forces, the victorious National Liberation Front of Vietnam forces entered Saigon, the capital of the South. For the first time, since its occupation More...

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