Geneva - Since the beginning of the year, countries around the world have been implementing protectionist measures, World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy said Thursday, warning that this could have a negative impact on trade.
Lamy, in a report to WTO members, said he specifically noted increases in tariffs, non-tariff measures, and anti-dumping actions.
Paris - A 300-year-old history book from the private library of Adolf Hitler was auctioned off for 1,800 euros (2,430 dollars), the French weekly L'Express reported on Thursday.
The book, which was published in 1712, was part of the Nazi dictator's library in his beloved mountain residence Der Berghof in Obersalzberg, near the Bavarian resort of Berchtesgarten.
Amman - International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday said Sudanese President Omar al- Bashir's trips to neighbouring countries was "a sign of desperation."
"It seems to me that al-Bashir's trips are nothing more than a sign of desperation rather than a challenge to the ICC," Moreno- Ocampo said in a telephone interview with the Doha-based al-Jazeera satellite television channel.
London - A 21-year-old man charged in connection with the murder of a police officer in Northern Ireland earlier this month appeared in court Thursday.
The accused was charged late Wednesday with failing to provide police with facts relating to the shooting on March 9 of Stephen Carroll, a 48-year-old police officer in the town of Craigavon.
He was remanded in custody by the Magistrate's Court in Lisburn, south of Belfast, and will have to appear again on April 17.
Tallinn - Construction work on a new landmark Freedom Monument in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, was halted Thursday when it was discovered to be nearly three tons heavier than expected.
During a morning installation process for the monument, which takes the form of a 26-metre-tall glass cross, a crane recorded that it was 2,700 kilos heavier than anticipated.
Work was halted while engineers worked out if supporting pillars were strong enough to cope with the extra weight.
Geneva - Since the beginning of the year, countries around the world have been implementing protectionist measures, World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy said Thursday, warning that this could have a negative impact on trade.
Paris - A 300-year-old history book from the private library of Adolf Hitler was auctioned off for 1,800 euros (2,430 dollars), the French weekly L'Express reported on Thursday.
Amman - International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday said Sudanese President Omar al- Bashir's trips to neighbouring countries was "a sign of desperation."
London - A 21-year-old man charged in connection with the murder of a police officer in Northern Ireland earlier this month appeared in court Thursday.
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Tallinn - Construction work on a new landmark Freedom Monument in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, was halted Thursday when it was discovered to be nearly three tons heavier than expected.
