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WTO news career candidates Brazil Americas Sri Lanka meeting human rights boycott

Brazil's WTO candidate says his election would unblock talks Roberto Carvalho de Azevedo, the Brazilian candidate to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO).

27 April 2013

Australia rejects calls to boycott Sri Lanka meet Australia has vowed not to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka over allegations of human rights violations, despite mounting calls not to attend.

27 April 2013

Dutch love their Argentine queen despite father's past Maxima, the Argentine-born future queen of the Netherlands, has worked hard to win over Dutch hearts and is immensely popular despite her father's murky role in his country's military junta.

27 April 2013

Belarus car makers tap into Kazakhstan market Belarus Prime-Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich believes it necessary to activate cooperation with Kazakhstan in mechanic engineering.

26 April 2013

Nazarbayev expects Lukashenko to attend Higher Eurasian Economic Council Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko is expected to attend the meeting of the Higher Eurasian Economic Council of CES in Astana.

26 April 2013

US says Syria likely used chemical weapons The United States said Thursday for the first time that Syria had likely used chemical weapons against rebel forces, but emphasized spy agencies were still not 100 percent sure of the assessment.

26 April 2013

Obama, ex-presidents praise 'resolute' Bush President Barack Obama lauded George W. Bush Thursday as resolute in the face of terrorism, putting ideology aside at the opening of a library which makes his predecessor's case for history.

26 April 2013

Hermes golf bag, statues among Obama gift list A luxury golf bag, a statue of Abraham Lincoln and an Australian rules football jersey formed part of a treasure trove given to US President Barack Obama in 2011.

26 April 2013

Tsukanov sentenced to 7 days in jail for trowing eggs at minister Andrey Tsukanov who threw eggs at Kazakhstan Minister of Labor and Social Protection Serik Abdenov during the press-conference has been sentenced to 7 days in jail.

26 April 2013

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Activist to get up to 10 days in jail for throwing eggs at minister Karaganda activist Andrey Tsukanov who threw eggs at Kazakhstan Labor and Social Protection Minister Serik Abdenov at the meeting in Almaty may be arrested for up to 10 days.

26 April 2013

Kazakhstan labor minister gets eggs for promoting retirement reform Kazakhstan Minister of Labor and Social Protection Serik Abdenov was attacked with eggs in front of 50 journalists and photographers during a briefing in Almaty.

26 April 2013

Obama eulogizes victims of tragic Texas blast President Barack Obama on Thursday eulogized 12 firefighters who were among 14 people killed in a massive blast at a fertilizer plant in a small Texas town, during a week of tragedy in America.

26 April 2013

Withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan is no catastrophy for Central Asia: Nazarbayev Archaic stereotypes of the media have not been overcome yet. Nobody sees or want to see the changed realities of our region: Kazakhstan President.

26 April 2013

Capriles vows to take vote challenge to Venezuela court Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles vowed Thursday to take his challenge of this month's presidential vote to court and repeated his demand for a do-over of the contested election.

26 April 2013

Kazakhstan to increase NATO freight traffic to Afghanistan We are now preparing to expand the transit potential for NATO freights by means of Kazakhstan's Caspian port in Aktau: Nazarbayev.

26 April 2013

Titanic tycoon launches political party in Australia Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, the tycoon who is building a replica of the ill-fated Titanic, on Friday unveiled his new political party and said he would run in the September 14 elections.

26 April 2013

Putin urges cooperation with US, defends handling of economy Vladimir Putin called for greater anti-terror cooperation with the US and defended his economic policies against a background of rising discontent, in the first nationwide phone-in of his new Kremlin term.

26 April 2013

Obama feels heat over Syria chemical weapons claims Growing speculation that the Syrian regime is using chemical weapons is turning up the heat on President Barack Obama, who has warned such a move would be a game changer.

26 April 2013

Bolivia sues Chile for access to Pacific Landlocked Bolivia sued neighboring Chile in the Hague on Wednesday as it pressed a longstanding claim to recover land lost in a 19th century war and thus regain access to the Pacific.

25 April 2013