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Cigarettes
Government   Health   Photos   Tobacco   Trade		  Swissinfo English 
Talks aim to stub out illicit tobacco trade
The growing illegal trade in cigarettes costs governments billions of dollars, causes huge health problems and finances militant groups, say activists. The claims were made as 130 countries resumed... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Guns - Firearms
Guns   Philippines   Photos   Weapons   World		  The Daily Tribune 
RP has 1.1M of 640-M illegal guns in the world
06/19/2009 The Philippines accounts for the proliferation of over 1.1 million small arms and light weapons (SALW) out of the estimated 640 million illegal firearms worldwide, according to a... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Salamandra - Animals - Amphibian - Wildlife/wam2  Star Tribune 
Group: world failing to halt biodiversity decline as more corals, amphibians, mammals in peril
GENEVA - Governments are failing to stem a rapid decline in biodiversity that is now threatening extinction for almost half the world's coral reef species, a third of amphibians and a quarter of... (photo: Gfdl)
Biodiversity   Nature   Photos   Science   Wildlife
Passengers wearing face masks as a precaution against swine flu walk inside a metro station in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 29, 2009  The Times of India 
Britain reports its first swine flu death
15 Jun 2009, 0532 hrs IST, AP               Text: LONDON: A person has died of swine flu at a hospital in Scotland in the first death from the illness... (photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd)

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A Palestinian boys stands on the rubble of him family's home Independent online (SA)
 Gazans sinking into despair - Red Cross
By Alexander G Higgins Geneva - The international Red Cross said on Monday that Gazans have been unable to recover from Israel's military operation of six months ago and... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Gazans   Israeli   Leadership   Military   Photos
The economic crisis starts by touching the countries in the process of development and the countries African La crise économique commence par toucher les pays en voie de dévélopement et les pays africains. Togo and Africa United Nations
Top UN officials urge donors to help Africa weather food crisis
1 July 2009 – As more than 300 million Africans – or about one third of the continent's population – face chronic hunger, donors must honour their pledges to help boost... (photo: WN / Eteh)
Africa   Food   Help   Photos   U.N.
Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER taking off. Picture taken in Zürich. The Times of India
Airlines lost $3 billion in first quarter: IATA
              Text: GENEVA: The world's airlines lost more than $3 billion in the first quarter of 2009, the International Air... (photo: GFDL / Gab01)

Aviation   Business   Geneva   Industry   Photos
A Palestinian boys stands on the rubble of him family's home Al Jazeera
UN assesses trauma of Gaza conflict
A UN human rights mission on the Gaza conflict is hearing from a range of experts on the social and the psychological effect of Israel's 22-day war on Gaza. One the... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Gaza   Humanitarian   Humanrights   Photos   Violence
The logo of the Swiss bank UBS, pictured on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2009 in Aarau, Switzerland. Switzerland's largest bank, UBS, has agreed to pay 780 million US Dollars and name some United States clients to resolve criminal fraud charges against it, said the US Justice Department on Thursday, Feb. 19, Infowars
Swiss Banks Shun Americans as U.S. Compels Disclosure
Warren Giles Monday, June 29, 2009 Swiss banks are shutting the accounts of Americans as the U.S. Internal Revenue Service accelerates the hunt for tax dodgers.... (photo: AP / Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella)
Accounts   Disclosure   Photos   UBS   US
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Robert Mugabe - Zanu PF poster Mugabe holds tricky hand in clean diamond trade Swissinfo English
Parkett-Boerse in Ffm Frankfurt Stock Exchange floor In 1993 the Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Frankfurt Stock Exchange) became Deutsche Börse AG, operating businesses for the exchange. A look at economic developments and activity in stock markets around the world Star Tribune
A Farm of Strawberry near Pachagani-Strawberry farming-India Bill increasing US farm subsidy under attack at WTO Malaya
Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks during a town hall meeting in the library of Granby High School in Norfolk, Va Healthcare, not bailouts, could break America The Times
Vigilantes, some armed with homemade guns, gather in the streets of Bangadi, about 40 km (25 miles) from Congo's border with Sudan, on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009. UN expert: rights situation in Sudan 'critical' Wtop
Economy
Samples of Tamiflu are displayed in the drug's manufacturer's warehouse, March 30, 2007 in Singapore. Swiss drug company Roche Holding AG said on Monday April 27, 2009 it has 3 million packages of anti-flu treatment Tamiflu ready to deliver to any country in the world threatened by a pandemic virus. Roche said it can deliver Tamiflu anywhere within 24 hours when called on by the World Health Organization. Roche Cuts Tamiflu Price for Developing Countries Wall Street Journal
A building of the UBS bank in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, Oct. 1, 2007. Swiss bank UBS AG, which already replaced its top executive and closed down a hedge fund unit this year, announced Monday that it will write down the value of some assets by 4 billion Swiss francs (US$ 3.4 billion/euro 2.4 billion) because of losses linked to the cascading U.S. subprime mortgage crisis. Libya pulls assets from Swiss banks Swissinfo English
US Dollar - USD - Currency - Money - Forex. (ps1) Dollar slides, risk appetite returns CNN
A sign bearing the UBS logo is seen in a window at the Swiss Bank's headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. UBS AG shares plunged more than 14 percent Friday amid concern over an ongoing tax evasion case in the United States, and commentators in Switzerland voiced their anger at the bank's business practices and what they saw as heavy-handed treatment by U.S. authoriti UBS Plans Stock Sale; Plea Made in U.S. Tax Case Wall Street Journal
Conservative Party leader David Cameron addresses the Ulster Unionist Party conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. Cameron names Tory MPs forced to pay back £250,000 in 'unreasonable' expenses The Daily Mail
Europe Politics
John Sawers, British ambassador to United Nations, speaks to reporters after emergency Security Council consultations at U.N. headquarters Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008 called by Russia regarding the declaration of independence by Kosovo. British spy chief unveiled on Facebook The Australian
An Airbus A330-200 from Yemenia Airways, taxies on the tarmac at Roissy airport, north of Paris, before taking off for Sana'a, Yemen, Friday July 3, 2009. Black Boxes Are Detected From Yemeni Jet The New York Times
First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Russian President Vladimir Putin Heading to Russia, Obama Is Mindful of Its Power Equation The New York Times
President Dmitry Medvedev speaks as he opens the meeting on judicial reform in Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, May 20, 2008. What the Russians Want The New York Times
John Edwards Rita Watson: Sex, scandal and politics The Providence Journal
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