Antiwar Newswire » AFP http://wire.antiwar.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Iran, free trade pact top EU-India summit agenda http://wire.antiwar.com/2012/02/09/iran-free-trade-pact-top-eu-india-summit-agenda/ http://wire.antiwar.com/2012/02/09/iran-free-trade-pact-top-eu-india-summit-agenda/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:11 +0000 admin http://wire.antiwar.com/2012/02/09/iran-free-trade-pact-top-eu-india-summit-agenda/ http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=124636899&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339

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The European Union looks set to push India at a summit Friday to use its commercial and diplomatic influence to try to bring Iran back to the negotiating table over its disputed nuclear programme….

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A former Chinese police chief, rumoured to have tried to defect visited a US consulate, it was confirmed Thursday, fuelling a political intrigue analysts say may signal a power struggle in China….

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US stocks were mixed in early trade Thursday despite news of a long-awaited deal on Greece's debt and a multi-billion dollar settlement between US states and major banks over shoddy mortgage foreclosure practices….

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A controversial international accord billed as a way to beat online piracy has sparked a fightback led by Internet users in ex-communist countries who say the region's past underlines the need to defend freedom….

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Gay rights activists on Wednesday condemned the reintroduction before Uganda's parliament of a bill that calls for the death penalty for certain homosexual acts and sparked an international outcry….

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Global art auction sales surged to a record $11.5 billion (8.7 billion euros) last year despite the weak world economy, with China cementing its spot as the top market, research showed Wednesday….

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US online retail giant Amazon has made its first foray into India with launch of a shopping website, Junglee.com, as it tests the waters for a possible full entry into the nation's e-commerce market….

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A split widened within the aviation industry Tuesday over EU charges for carbon emissions, as Europe's low-cost carriers accused Chinese and US rivals of "gunboat" diplomacy against the system….

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Conservation group WWF said it spotted 18 critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in Indonesian waters off Borneo island Tuesday and called for greater protection of the species' habitat….

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The Maldives' first democratically-elected president resigned Tuesday after a mutiny by police described by his office as an attempted coup, capping three weeks of political upheaval in the holiday paradise….

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