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China defends export curbs after US, EU complaints
China defended its curbs on exports of industrial raw materials against unfair-trade complaints by the United States and Europe and announced Wednesday it has filed its own challenge to a U.S. ban on imports of Chinese poultry.
Sanctuary city Pro: Support for troops should mean all of them
There is no denying it: Bellingham is a city of peace. In 2006, local government called for the troops to come home from Iraq.
Pakistani army controls Buner, but residents fear Taliban's return
The carcasses of cars and trucks and bombed buildings on Monday greeted the visitor to Buner, the northwestern district that the Pakistani government largely has wrested back from Taliban insurgents.
Swine Flu Leaves Southern Hemisphere Out In Cold
The Southern Hemisphere has been mostly spared in the swine flu epidemic. That could change when winter starts in coming weeks with no vaccine in place, leaving half the planet out in the cold.
Mexico says bans on pork products not meeting WTO rules - Summary
Geneva/Washington - Mexico has called on members of the World Trade Organization to withdraw any measures taken against Mexican pork products since news emerged of an outbreak of a new influenza virus, according to a document circulated on Tuesday.
Bellingham woman arrested after car crash injures girl
A 12-year-old girl was injured Saturday morning, May 2, when an alleged drunken driver collided with the car she was in on North Terrace Avenue in the Geneva area.
Corporate Social Responsibility News
Building Sector, Governments Must Act Now to Curb Energy Use: Report
GreenBiz.com, 24 April 2009 - The building sector and governments have made progress but are not doing enough to improve energy efficiency in the built environment -- and will not meet targets to address global climate change unless sweeping action is taken immediately to slash energy use, according to a new report by the World Business Council for ...
Candidates encouraged not to run for south Whatcom fire commissions
Five commissioner positions in four fire districts in southern Whatcom County are up for election this year, but the districts are discouraging candidates from filing to run.
Files tie torture memos to Cheney, Rice
To you delusional morons, Battlefield uniformed TROOPS have Geneva protection NOT non-uniformed enemy combatants! The Japanese never signed on to the Geneva Convention.
WHO chief to oversee handling of swine flu crisis
The head of the World Health Organization arrived in Geneva on Saturday to oversee the agency's handling of the swine flu outbreak that is believed to have killed dozens of people in Mexico.
Obama condemns Ahmadinejad, but still wants talks
Iran's President President Ahmadinejad addresses the High Level segment of the Durban Review Conference on racism at the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva By Laura MacInnis GENEVA/WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Tuesday condemned as "appalling and objectionable" a speech by Iran's president which denounced Israel as a racist state and ...
Durban Conf. Participants Defuse Plot against Iranian President
Durban Conf. Participants Defuse Plot against Iranian President TEHRAN - Thousands of participants at the Durban Review Conference in Geneva on Monday defused a plot by the Zionist lobbies to insult Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and heckle his inaugural address to the conference.
US boycotting, Iran starring, at UN racism meeting
The U.N. opens its first global racism conference in eight years on Monday with at least six countries, including the United States, boycotting the event out of concern that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Islamic countries will demand a final statement that criticizes Israel and restricts free speech.
US will boycott UN conference on racism
GENEVA/WASHINGTON The United States will boycott a United Nations conference on racism next week, the US State Department said on Saturday, citing objectionable language in the meeting's draft declaration.
Whatcom County to consider major gravel pit expansion south of Acme
Whatcom County will consider allowing the major expansion of a gravel and sand pit south of Acme, after County Council members voted to docket the request for study this year.
US, UN to give Pakistan $148m for refugees
GENEVA/WASHINGTON: The UN High Commission for Refugees and the United States on Friday approved $140 million and $8 million respectively for Pakistani villages hosting Afghan refugees to help them cope in ...
Dissident lawyer's family flees China to US asylum
The wife of a crusading civil rights lawyer said Friday that she and their two children are now in the United States after paying human traffickers to smuggle them out of China to escape harassment by security ...
Convention rules the walls in the halls of power
POLITICIANS and ambassadors may spend thousands renting art, but it seems there's no accounting for taste.
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