AFP - Local residents have a simple answer for why the four-storey Juyuan Middle School collapsed during the China quake -- killing hundreds of children -- while nearby buildings remained standing.
AFP - Hundreds of kangaroos will be culled at a former naval site near the Australian capital after the defence department said plans to relocate the animals fell through.
China leader spurs rescue effort
China's President Hu Jintao urges rescuers in the earthquake-struck province of Sichuan to race to save lives.
Ukraine grain stocks up 47%
KIEV, UKRAINE - Grain stocks in Ukraine at the beginning of May exceeded last year's stocks by 47%, the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine said. As of May 1, 2008, 8.6 million tonnes of grain were stored at the Ukrainian agricultural enterprises. At
Ukraine joins WTO,opening trade channels
KIEV: Ukraine became the 152nd country to join the World Trade Organization on Friday after 14 years of negotiations, getting in ahead of bigger neighbor Russia and committing the former Soviet republic to economic reforms and opening new trade
Ukraine formally joins WTO
The country began the application process to join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT, which was transformed into the WTO in 1995) on November 30, 1993. The protocol on Ukraine's entry into the Marrakech Agreement Establishing the World
Ukraine enters the WTO
Kiev, May 16 (Prensa Latina) Ukraine was definitely approved Friday by the General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to become member 152 of this multilateral institution. The first sign of approval emerged February 5, when president Victor
Ukraine officially joins WTO
Ukraine has joined the World Trade Organisation, committing the country to economic reforms and opening up new trade channels. President Victor Yushchenko?s office has issued a statement saying a WTO membership protocol ratified by the country's
Europe rejects Ukraine's famine claim
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has rebuffed Ukraine?s efforts to have the famine of the 1930s recognised solely as a tragedy of the Ukrainian people. The body says the event was an international tragedy. Moscow?s
AP - The official death toll nearly doubled to 78,000 from Myanmar's killer cyclone as heavy rains on Friday lashed much of the area stricken two weeks ago, further hampering relief efforts.
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