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Thursday, March 18, 2010

UN rejects export ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna

By Associated Press
DOHA, Qatar — A proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi has been rejected by a U.N. wildlife meeting. Thursday’s...

Pirates release hijacked Iranian vessel

By Associated Press
BRUSSELS — NATO says pirates abandoned a hijacked Iranian transport and set its 19-man crew free after encountering an Italian warship just off the Somali...

UN: Trademark filings dropped for 1st time in 2009

By Associated Press
GENEVA — Trademark registrations dropped for the first time in 2009 as a result of the global economic downturn, the...
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Report: Libyan FM says Swiss gov is not serious

By Associated Press
GENEVA — Libya’s Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa says the Swiss government fails to take seriously the diplomatic crisis with Tripoli over the son...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals

Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) speaks at a news conference for the upcoming international AIDS conference in the International Center in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday.
By Associated Press
NEW YORK — New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don’t seek...
Monday, March 15, 2010

UN agency: Tiger on verge of extinction

In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, an endangered Siberian tiger runs away with a chicken tossed by tourists at the Harbin Tiger Park in Harbin in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province.
By Associated Press
DOHA, Qatar — The world has "failed miserably" at protecting tigers in the...
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NASA finds shrimp dinner on ice beneath Antarctica

This video frame grab image provided by NASA, taken in Dec. 2009, shows a Lyssianasid amphipod, which is related to a shrimp.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive,...
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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Bluefin tuna tops CITES conference agenda in Doha

In this Jan. 12, 2010 photo, a man drags a frozen tuna which he purchased in the morning auction at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan.
By Associated Press
DOHA, Qatar — A contentious battle between Asia and the West over the fate of the Atlantic bluefin tuna prized...

US avoids anti-abortion debate at UN meeting

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses a meeting in honor of the 15th Anniversary of the UN World Conference on Women in Beijing at the United Nations headquarters on Friday.
By Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS — A U.N. meeting to assess progress in advancing the fight for women’s equality that ended...



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