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Enviroment   Geneva   Health   Photos   Smoking		  Sydney Morning Herald 
Flying into a smoke storm
QANTAS executives may face torture charges under the Geneva Convention after announcing the reintroduction of the sale of duty-free cigarettes on flights. As if things weren't bad enough for smokers,... (photo: Creative Commons / Challiyan)
Demonstrators march in a Tokyo street with Tibetan flags and signs during an anti-Chinese government rally in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, May 6, 2008.
Demonstrations   Iran   Photos   Protests   Washington		  Common Dreams 
Nationwide Protests to Oppose War with Iran
WASHINGTON - Street demonstrations, teach-ins, vigils, and "freezes" are among the events planned for this weekend as part of a nationwide protest against what are widely perceived to be moves by the... (photo: AP Photo / Itsuo Inouye)
Rice - Grains - Agriculture - Food (rhubie)  NZ Herald 
Fran O'Sullivan: New Zealand in critical Geneva world food talks
Trade Minister Phil Goff has packed himself off to Geneva for critical talks which he hopes will ultimately go some way to alleviating the world food crisis. That's if the bare bones of a global trade... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, gestures as he speaks in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006. Iran on Sunday vowed to push forward with efforts to enrich uranium and to change its relations with the international nuclear watchdog after the U.N. Se  Houston Chronicle 
Iran rejects freeze of enrichment program at nuclear talks
TOOLS GENEVA - Tehran on Saturday ruled out freezing its enrichment program, casting doubt over the sense of key nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers less than an hour after they began.... (photo: (AP /Rouzbeh Jadidueslam))
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U.S. Undersecretary of State William Burns, center, gets directions as he arrives with other unidentified US delegate members for a meeting with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, both not seen, at the Town Hall in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, July 19, 2008 Turkish Press
Iran, EU and US begin nuclear talks in Geneva
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki at a press conference in Ankara on July 18. Iranian, European and US officials have begun talks in a bid to resolve the... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus)

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EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana Javier Solana, left, gestures with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili before a meeting on nuclear issues at the Town Hall in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, July 19, 20 Independent online (SA)
Iran, EU and US in nuclear talks
By William French Geneva - Iranian, European and US officials began talks on Saturday in Geneva's historic Town Hall in a bid to resolve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus)

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2007/10/25 Bursting with Stars and Black Holes - A growing black hole, called a quasar, can be seen at the center of a faraway galaxy in this artist´s concept. Astronomers using NASA´s Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes discovered swarms o Scientific American
All Wet? Astronomers Claim Discovery of Earth-like Planet
EARTH-LIKE? One of two newly discovered exoplanets is nearly the size of Earth and resides in a habitable zone around its star, raising the possibility of liquid water,... (photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

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Anne-Marie Idrac, left, head of the national SNCF rail authority, jsa1 Turkish Press
EU seeks unity ahead of WTO trade talks despite tensions
French Minister of State for Foreign trade Anne-Marie Idrac holds a press conference at the end of a General Affairs and External Relations Council at the EU headquarters... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
Conference   Europe   France   Photos   Talks   Trade
CALTEX - FUEL - OIL - PETROLEUM - GASOLINE STATION Houston Chronicle
Oil prices rebound above $131 after 3-day drop
TOOLS - Oil prices rose above $131 a barrel Friday as news of an output cut in Nigeria helped to halt the sharp decline in prices that began three days ago.... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)

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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks to the media after talks with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 18, 2008. Mottaki said Friday that forthcoming nuclear talks in Geneva and the participation of a U. S. diplomat for first time look positive and he expects progres Flexibility points to Iran breakthrough Asia Times
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki leaves the Turkish Foreign Ministry after talks with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 18, 2008. Mottaki said Friday that forthcoming nuclear talks in Geneva and the participation of a U. S. diplomat for first time look positive and he expects prog Iran sees 'positive' nuclear talks with U.S CNN
Bernard Kouchner, France´s Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, speaks during a press briefing about the Global Compact and his meeting with the UN Secretary-General, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the High Commissioner for Refugees French Foreign Minister: US Welcome At Iran Talks CBS News
IRAN US Official: Top US diplomat will make rare appearance with other powers at Iran nuclear talks Star Tribune
William Burns, the US Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East affairs, reiterates his country's demands that Syria stop supporting Palestinian groups which Washington labels terrorists, help the Iraqi government ensure stability, and withdraw its forces from neighboring Lebanon at a news briefing in Damascus on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004 after his meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assa U.S. envoy to join Iran nuclear meeting USA Today
Economy
Fires flare off the gas from crude oil at Iraq's oldest oil processing plant in the northern Iraqi town of Baba Gurgur, outside Kirkuk, Iraq, in this Jan. 24, 2004 file photo. Oil prices briefly rose to a record DLRS 80 a barrel in afternoon trading Wednesday Sept. 12, 2007 after the U.S. government reported a surprisingly large drop in crude oil inventories and declines in gasoline supplies and refinery activit Oil prices edge up after 3-day decline The Tribune San Luis Obispo
Novartis headquarters in Basel Novartis posts 17 percent rise in 2Q net income Houston Chronicle
Qatar´s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his wife Sheikha Mouza bint Nasser Al Missned during the Opening Ceremony of 7th Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade in Doha, Qatar on Monday April 23 , 2007. cg1 Action on Doha trade deal; Stop the finger pointing International Herald Tribune
Europe Politics
Barack Obama On first leg of his European tour, Obama discusses war and economics with German leader Star Tribune
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, wave from a balcony prior to talks at the chancellery in Berlin Thursday, July 24, 2008. Obama in Berlin for big outdoor speech Reuters
Barack Obama’s victory speech Obama in Berlin, beginning European leg of tour in effort to burnish foreign credentials Star Tribune
Britain´s Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, delivers his speech at the Confederation of Brit Gordon Brown defies unions' 'squeeze the rich' call London Evening Standard
Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev toast after a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, May 23, 2008. China and Russia signed a US$1 billion (euro670 million) nuclear cooperation deal Friday and stood together in firm opposition to U.S. missile defense plans during new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's first overseas tr Wary of China, Russians look West Asia Times
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Geneva, Switzerland
2008.07.24
sunny.
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14°C/57°F
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