At least eight Afghans working with US forces have been killed in a Nato air strike in north-western Afghanistan , the defence ministry in Kabul says. Nato confirms an air strike was ordered and is investigating whether it was the cause of...

In this article: NATO, US, British troops, Taliban, Afghanistan, Kabul, Stanley McChrystal, 82nd Airborne Division, and Taliban insurgents

...23 million people are on the brink and will only survive if emergency food is handed out fast. The World Food Program (WFP ) - part of the United Nations - is asking for $1 billion to feed the region's drought-struck people for the next...

In this article: Kenya, Maize, World Food Program, Mwingi, Horn of Africa, Somalia, Ethiopia, Recession, and Sugar

Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 7:18 a.m. OTTAWA Canada is taking its seal hunt dispute with the European Union to the World Trade Organization. Trade Minister Stockwell Day said Monday that Ottawa has formally requested WTO consultations...

In this article: World Trade Organization, European Union, Canada, Ottawa, University of Central Florida, Michael Jordan, Hollywood, and Europe

...Criminal Court, the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal. The Security Council , however, is highly unlikely to take any action. The United States has repeatedly said the report belongs in the Geneva -based Human Rights Council ,...

In this article: Security Council, Gaza, Ban Ki-moon, Israel, UN, and Palestinian militants

...that it should be the world's main economic governing council, because it also includes most of the key developing economies -- unlike the G7 or G8. Officials say that proposals on the table in Scotland include a system where countries put...

In this article: International Monetary Fund, Alistair Darling, Scotland, U.S., Climate change, Japan, and G8

...open to smaller and poorer countries as well as rich trading powers, even though the United States and European Union are the two biggest users. WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said it was no surprise that the United States and European...

In this article: WTO, European Union, United States, Plaintiff, Canada, Norway, Mexico, and Brazil

Internet seen censorship liable to WTO challenge By Jonathan Lynn - Fri Nov 6, 2009 7:35AM EST Add articles about technology to your My Yahoo! Censorship of the Internet is open to challenge at the World Trade Organization as it can...

In this article: World Trade Organization, Reuters Limited, Internet censorship, Baidu, Google, China, United States, Ecipe, and Yahoo

...of Japanese market. Also updates link to homepage with link to full report) * Censorship breaks WTO rules if restricts service trade * WTO challenge could clarify limits of censorship By Jonathan Lynn Censorship of the Internet is...

In this article: WTO, Internet censorship, Google, Baidu, China, Ecipe, United States, and Antigua

OSLO Norway has joined Canada in asking the World Trade Organization to settle its seal hunt dispute with the European Union. </p><p>Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said Thursday that Norway has formally requested WTO assistance in...

In this article: World Trade Organization, European Union, Norway, Jonas Gahr Stoere, Canada, and Oslo

...to settle a dispute with China over restrictions on exports of various raw materials. The executive arm of the 27-nation European Union said the restrictions clearly breached international trade rules. " China 's restrictions on raw...

In this article: WTO, China, and European Union

... Jay Inslee , a Democrat from Washington , said it was illogical for the U.S. government to be pursuing a trade case against the European Union for the subsidies while the Air Force "ignores the same to the detriment of American workers."

In this article: Airbus, Boeing Co, World Trade Organization, Barack Obama, EADS, Defense Department, and U.S.

Article Date: 29 Oct 2009 - 4:00 PDT The World Food Programme (WFP ) Tuesday announced that it is launching a pilot program to send food vouchers via mobile phone text messages to Iraqi refugees in Syria , Agence France-Presse reports...

In this article: World Food Programme, Syria, Agence France-Presse, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Middle East, and Damascus

Iran 's other enrichment plant - a sprawling underground facility at Natanz - is already under IAEA monitoring. But its general refusal to heed U.N. Security Council demands and freeze enrichment has resulted in three sets of Council...

In this article: Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Uranium, Tehran, Mohamed ElBaradei, Geneva, U.S., and Russia

... Caster Semenya celebrates after winning the women's 800m world title - a victory which would become engulfed by controversy Photo: AP IOC medical commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist revealed on Tuesday that his panel will organise a...

In this article: IOC, Caster Semenya, Arne Ljungqvist, Hormone, Berlin, and Florida

... they were dropped before the 2000 Sydney Games because the screening process - chromosome testing - was deemed unscientific and unethical. The IOC has a special medical panel on site at the games that can intervene if necessary. The IOC...

In this article: IOC, Arne Ljungqvist, Caster Semenya, Hormone, Berlin, Miami Beach, Fla., London, and Florida

...games with Rio 's organizing committee and government agencies. "We start immediately with working with the Brazilians," IOC President Jacques Rogge told The Associated Press on Monday. IOC team leader Gilbert Felli , executive...

In this article: IOC, Jacques Rogge, London, Cruising, Carlos Nuzman, Switzerland, Brazil, and Lausanne

THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING UN food agency says 200 million more people hungry Pakistan army soldiers board into a vehicle as they leave after attending funeral prayer of their comrade Nadeem Moeen-ud-Din, who was...

In this article: World Food Program, Africa, Climate change, UN, Philippines, Sumatra, South America, Karachi, Pakistan, and Southeast Asia

...on their feet. The world, and the World Food Programme , are here to support their efforts. As part of the UN family's humanitarian response, WFP is providing food relief and logistics support under the WFP -led logistics cluster with...

In this article: World Food Programme, Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Josette Sheeran, Department of Social Development, UN, and Luzon