GENEVA — Swiss police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Saturday at hooded protesters who broke windows and set cars alight during a demonstration ahead of a major WTO conference in Geneva. Thousands marched in the protest ahead of the World Trade …
Read Original Story: Police, protesters clash ahead of WTO conference – AFP
New Delhi World is anxiously waiting for the outcome of two crucial events scheduled at the close of the year 2009. One such event is the three-day Seventh WTO Ministerial Meeting beginning in Geneva from November 30 and the other is the four-day …
Read Original Story: Will Geneva render trade and climate justice – Expressindia.com
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Read Original Story: Geneva anti-WTO protesters smash windows, burn cars – The Africa Report
AP Police checked fences this week in Geneva near the venue for the world trade meeting that begins Monday. GENEVA | The United States, China and other commercial powers will spearhead a new attempt next week to find ways to …
Read Original Story: WTO looks to boost trade, end global recession – Kansas City Star
More than one hundred ministers are expected to attend, on 30 November in Geneva, the first major ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation for four years, which will not be devoted to Doha round …
Read Original Story: Little progress expected on Doha at WTO ministerial – Europolitics.info
Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) Taiwan has joined a recent call for the World Trade Organization (WTO) to continue playing a major role in regulating the global trading system, Ministry of Economic Affairs officials said Thursday. The officials said Minister of …
Read Original Story: Taiwan supports WTO's role as global trade regulator – eTaiwan News
Demonstrators have smashed shop windows and set fire to cars in central Geneva during a protest against the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Witnesses said police in riot gear moved to head off a group of vandalizing demonstrators in the city’s main …
Read Original Story: WTO protests in Geneva turn violent – Swissinfo
Is it just me or does the World Trade Organization seem to bring out some pretty nefarious individuals? In Geneva, anti-WTO protesters smashed the place up and burned cars in a demonstration against the World Trade Organization. …
Read Original Story: Geneva: WTO Protesters Burn Cars, Break Things For Climate Change – The Admonition (blog)
Pascal Lamy is wrong: the Doha round of talks offers nothing to the world’s poorest countries. The WTO has failed to deliver Monday 30 November marks the 10th anniversary of the Battle in Seattle, the day in 1999 when 100000 protesters took to the …
Read Original Story: Time to kill off Doha – guardian.co.uk
GENEVA — Police say demonstrators opposing a meeting of top world trade officials in Geneva have turned violent. Police spokesman Patrick Puhl says protesters set fire to four cars and broke shop windows during a march Saturday. …
Read Original Story: Geneva police: protesters burn cars, break windows before first big trade … – The Canadian Press
