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Friday, December 16, 2011 12:56 GMT

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EU-India Deal Could Spell Disaster

Isolda Agazzi

GENEVA - As the Eighth Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) kicked off in Geneva this week, a group of NGOs exposed the devastating potential of a free trade agreement currently being negotiated between the European Union and India. If passed, they say the deal would make a mockery of all WTO rules and regulations.

EU Trade Deal May Curb Affordable Drug Supply

"BRICS Can Ensure Affordable Drugs"

Little Scope For Europe-Asia FTAs

EU Pushes to Prise Open India

U.S.
Iraq Intervention Ends with Scarcely a Whimper
Analysis by Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - When the United States formally ended its eight-and-a-half year military adventure in Iraq on Thursday with a flag-lowering ceremony presided over by Defence Secretary Leon Panetta Baghdad, hardly anyone here seemed to notice, let alone mark the occasion in a special manner.

Iran Hedges Its Bets on Syria
Barbara Slavin
WASHINGTON - Iran is courting the opposition to Syrian President Bashar al- Assad, seeking to maintain a crucial alliance in the event that Assad falls.

BURMA: Kachin Refugees Get UN Relief, Finally
	Six months after fighting erupted between Burmese troops and ethnic Kachin separatists, international relief is finally trickling in for over 30,000 people who fled their homes near the snow-capped mountains north of the country.

U.N.'s First Official Report on Gays Notes Widespread Bias

In Unprecedented Move, Canada Withdraws from Kyoto Protocol

MALAWI: Women's Education The Path to The Presidency
	On an elegant veranda adorned with a red carpet, Malawi's Vice President Joyce Banda recalls how her childhood friend Chrissie Mtokoma was always top of their class and how she struggled to beat her. But now decades later Banda is a likely contender for the country's presidency in 2014, while Mtokoma lives in poverty.

SOUTH SUDAN: Women Aim to Protect Their Rights in a Young State

NIGERIA: Fearing the Floods - Sleeping with One Eye Open

BURMA: Kachin Refugees Get UN Relief, Finally
	Six months after fighting erupted between Burmese troops and ethnic Kachin separatists, international relief is finally trickling in for over 30,000 people who fled their homes near the snow-capped mountains north of the country.

EU-India Deal Could Spell Disaster

Chinese Village Besieged After Protests

EUROPE: Co-ops Off to a Promising Start
	A small wave of consumer cooperatives is rising in Central and Eastern Europe, attempting to provide food that is locally produced and healthy, and to build conviviality.

Reclaiming a Waste Land Called Ukraine

BALKANS: Fearing the ‘White al-Qaeda'

U.S.: Protestors Condemn Mining Corporation Suing El Salvador
	Protestors rallied in front of World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. today hoping to persuade a tribunal housed there to dismiss a case brought by Pacific Rim Mining Corporation against the government of El Salvador.

MEXICO: No Protection for Activists

ARGENTINA: Water - Some Waste It, Some Want It

U.S.: Iraq Intervention Ends with Scarcely a Whimper
	When the United States formally ended its eight-and-a-half year military adventure in Iraq on Thursday with a flag-lowering ceremony presided over by Defence Secretary Leon Panetta Baghdad, hardly anyone here seemed to notice, let alone mark the occasion in a special manner.

Syrian Troops 'Ordered to Shoot to Kill'

Iran Hedges Its Bets on Syria

U.S.: Protestors Condemn Mining Corporation Suing El Salvador
	Protestors rallied in front of World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. today hoping to persuade a tribunal housed there to dismiss a case brought by Pacific Rim Mining Corporation against the government of El Salvador.

U.S.: Iraq Intervention Ends with Scarcely a Whimper

Iran Hedges Its Bets on Syria

U.S.: Protestors Condemn Mining Corporation Suing El Salvador
	Protestors rallied in front of World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. today hoping to persuade a tribunal housed there to dismiss a case brought by Pacific Rim Mining Corporation against the government of El Salvador.

NIGERIA: Fearing the Floods - Sleeping with One Eye Open

CLIMATE CHANGE: ‘High Glaciers Safe From Warming'

MALAWI: Women's Education The Path to The Presidency
	On an elegant veranda adorned with a red carpet, Malawi's Vice President Joyce Banda recalls how her childhood friend Chrissie Mtokoma was always top of their class and how she struggled to beat her. But now decades later Banda is a likely contender for the country's presidency in 2014, while Mtokoma lives in poverty.

BURMA: Kachin Refugees Get UN Relief, Finally

U.S.: Protestors Condemn Mining Corporation Suing El Salvador

SOUTH SUDAN: Women Aim to Protect Their Rights in a Young State
	As South Sudan maps out its economic future at the South Sudan International Engagement Conference (IEC) this week in Washington, women from the new country called on donors to invest in projects that ensure women benefit equally from development plans.

GUATEMALA: Discrimination Undermines AIDS Prevention

ARGENTINA: Poison from the Sky

BURMA: Kachin Refugees Get UN Relief, Finally
	Six months after fighting erupted between Burmese troops and ethnic Kachin separatists, international relief is finally trickling in for over 30,000 people who fled their homes near the snow-capped mountains north of the country.

Syrian Troops 'Ordered to Shoot to Kill'

MEXICO: No Protection for Activists