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So far, 150 million doses of H1N1 vaccine have been distributed in more than 40 countries, the World Health Organization says. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press) It's too early to say whether H1N1 activity is peaking in the Northern Hemisphere, a flu...

ST-Ericsson, the Geneva producer of mobile-technology platforms and wireless-semiconductor solutions, said on Thursday that it is targeting additional annual savings of $115 million through reduced operating expenses and more efficient research and development.

The vote revealed the hidden fears of many Swiss, and Muslims should respond by trying to build harmony across society, a leading Muslim scholar says. The reaction of Ali Gomaa, the grand mufti of Egypt, was echoed by a number...

Sharma led the India delegation at the three-day WTO ministerial conference attended by trade ministers of 153 member-countries which ended in Geneva on Wednesday. New Delhi [ Images ] has been pressing for an effective safeguard mechanism to protect the...

Almost two dozen emerging countries agreed Wednesday to cut tariffs on some goods by 20 percent as part of a deal that aims to stimulate trade in the developing world. Ministers representing Brazil, India, and 20 other countries pledged to...

Trade ministers appear unable to bridge a gap between emerging and developed nations that could break the eight-year stalemate in the Doha round of trade talks. While not formally on the agenda, the Doha round has loomed large over a...

The U.N.'s environment chief believes next week's climate change talks in Copenhagen will be "dramatic," and is optimistic a deal containing firm targets to cut carbon emissions is possible...Environment Program, says President Barack Obama's proposal to cut U.S. emissions by...

The United Nations launched an appeal Monday for $7.1 billion in humanitarian aid for 2010 but said it was finalizing calls for about a billion more, which would push the request to a record high. The amount did not include the...

Syed Nahas Pasha, London London, Dec 1 (bdnews24.com)�Religious leaders in the UK, alongside London's former mayor Ken Livingstone, have condemned the Swiss decision to ban the construction of new minarets following a referendum this week. "The ban on minarets in...

French-Swiss border pushed past Fermilab's Tevatron, becoming the world's most powerful collider. "It's a mixed feeling of course for us," Fermilab spokesman Kurt Riesselmann said. "On one hand, we don't hold the world record any more. But on the other...