Tom Miles

Type: Person

Name: Tom Miles

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Bird flu outbreak in China costing more than $6.5 billion

The H7N9 bird flu outbreak has hit hard the agriculture sector of China.GENEVA — The H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China has caused economic losses of more than $6.5 billion so far, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's chief veterinary officer said ... [Published MSN News - May 21 2013]

Entities: Bird Flu, Tornado, China, H7N9

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

World Bank to announce funds for Jordan and Great Lakes region

GENEVA, May 21 (Reuters) - The World Bank plans to announce significant new funding to help Jordan cope with the Syrian refugee crisis, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim told Reuters on Tuesday. Kim was speaking on the eve of a visit to the Great Lakes ... [Published Sharenet - May 21 2013]

Entities: World Bank Group, Jordan, Tom Miles, Jon Hemming, Jim Yong Kim

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 3 reports

World Bank Group

World Bank to announce funds for Syria refugee influx

GENEVA - The World Bank plans substantial new funds to aid Jordan cope with the influx of refugees from the civil war in Syria, and hopes new funds for main Africa will cement a peace deal there, the bank's President Jim Yong Kim reported on Tuesday."There ... [Published The Oregon Herald - 23 hours ago]

Entities: World Bank Group, Refugees, Syria, Jordan

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

U.N. says there is hope for Yemen if funds are forthcoming

GENEVA (Reuters) - YemenIsmail Ould Cheikh Ahmed"This is a situation that is full of hope," Ould Cheikh Ahmed"The problem is, I'm saying to the world it could collapse today because many of the Yemenis, half of the population, need food assistance, need ... [Published Yahoo! News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Yemen, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Tom Miles, Ali Abdullah Saleh, malnourished

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 3 reports

World Trade Organization

Argentina launches WTO challenge to EU biodiesel rules

GENEVA (Reuters) - Argentina has launched a challenge at the World Trade Organization against European Union rules for importing and marketing biodiesel, the WTO said on Wednesday.The complaint applies to EU measures - used by Spain, Belgium, France, ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 15 2013]

Entities: Biodiesel, World Trade Organization, Argentina, European Union

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Walgreen Co

Sit-in vets plan return visit

Written by Tri-State Defender NewsroomHits: 18The Walgreens at Madison and Main downtown will have some unusual visitors at noon on Friday (May 17) – 53 years after a sit-in there at the lunch counter.Five students – Grace Austin, Parolee Holt, John Hooks, ... [Published Tri State Defender - May 16 2013]

Entities: Walgreen Co, Memphis (Tennessee, United States), Austin

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Abbas Araghchi

Spokesman: Iran seeks ‘constructive’ European approach in nuclear talks

TEHRAN, Iran Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman says Tehrans nuclear negotiator is seeking a constructive response from the European Unions top diplomat in upcoming talks aimed at possibly restarting wider dialogue with the U.S. and other world powers. ... [Published Washington Post - May 14 2013]

Entities: Iran, Nuclear, Abbas Araghchi

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Iran backs Syria meeting plan, expects to be part of process

By GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran welcomes a U.S.-Russian proposal for an international conference on ending the conflict in Syria and hopes it will be held in Geneva, Vice President Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh said in Geneva on Friday. "We hope that the coming ... [Published Sharenet - May 10 2013]

Entities: Geneva, Iran, Syria

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 2 reports

Army shelling kills 25 in Syrian town after truce ends (Reuters)

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Twenty-five people were killed in army shelling in the central Syrian town of Halfayeh on Friday after a months-old local truce between the army and rebels fighters broke down, opposition activists said.Halfayeh has been in rebel hands ... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - May 10 2013]

Entities: Barrage Fire, Tom Miles, Beirut, Jon Hemming

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 3 reports

Brazil's Azevedo to be next WTO chief - source

(Reporting by Tom Miles, editing by Stephanie Nebehay) ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 07 2013]

Entities: World Trade Organization, Brazil, Tom Miles

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Canada loses WTO appeal in renewable energy case

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Canada lost an appeal at the World Trade Organization on Monday in a ruling on incentives offered to local companies, a case that has already led to legal challenges over suspicions of similar perks elsewhere.Japan and the European ... [Published Yahoo! News - May 06 2013]

Entities: World Trade Organization, Renewable Energy, Canada

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Cuba launches challenge to Australian tobacco laws at WTO

GENEVA (Reuters) - Cuba has launched a legal challenge to Australia's tobacco packaging laws at the World Trade Organization, the Geneva-based trade body said in a statement on Monday. Cuba has never before launched WTO litigation. Its challenge follows ... [Published Sharenet - May 06 2013]

Entities: Cuba, World Trade Organization, Tobacco

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World Bank to announce funds for Syria refugee ... [Published The Oregon Herald - 23 hours ago]
World Bank boosts funds for Syria refugees, Africa [Published Sharenet - May 21 2013]
Bird flu outbreak in China costing more than $6... [Published MSN News - May 21 2013]
H7N9 bird flu outbreak costs more than $6.5 bln... [Published Sharenet - May 21 2013]
World Bank to announce funds for Syria refugee ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 21 2013]
World Bank to announce funds for Jordan and Gre... [Published Sharenet - May 21 2013]
U.N. says there is hope for Yemen if funds are ... [Published Yahoo! News - May 16 2013]
U.N. says there is hope for Yemen if funds are ... [Published Reuters UK - May 16 2013]
UK trade may struggle to stand still after EU exit [Published Sharenet - May 16 2013]
Sit-in vets plan return visit [Published Tri State Defender - May 16 2013]
Argentina launches WTO challenge to EU biodiese... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 15 2013]
UPDATE 1-Argentina launches WTO challenge to EU... [Published CNBC - May 15 2013]
Argentina launches WTO dispute to challenge EU ... [Published Sharenet - May 15 2013]
Video purporting to show Syrian rebel atrocity ... [Published Washington Post - May 14 2013]
Video purporting to show Syrian rebel biting he... [Published Washington Post - May 14 2013]
A cat-free nation? [Published Washington Post - May 14 2013]
India announces development of cheap vaccine ag... [Published Washington Post - May 14 2013]
Spokesman: Iran seeks ‘constructive’ European a... [Published Washington Post - May 14 2013]
China’s prostitutes routinely extorted, abused ... [Published Washington Post - May 14 2013]
Three ICRC aid workers kidnapped in Yemen [Published Reuters UK - May 13 2013]
Turkey Says Wounded Syrians Showed Signs Of Che... [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 12 2013]
Army shelling kills 25 in Syrian town after tru... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - May 10 2013]
Army shelling kills 25 in Syrian town after tru... [Published Reuters UK - May 10 2013]
Iran backs Syria meeting plan, expects to be pa... [Published Sharenet - May 10 2013]
Brazil's Azevedo wins race to head WTO [Published 4 Traders - May 07 2013]
UPDATE 1-Brazil's Azevedo to be next WTO chief ... [Published CNBC - May 07 2013]
Brazil's Azevedo to be next WTO chief - source [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 07 2013]
Brazil's Azevedo to be next WTO chief: source R... [Published Yahoo! Finance - May 07 2013]
Brazil's Azevedo to be next WTO chief - source [Published Sharenet - May 07 2013]
Canada loses WTO appeal in renewable energy case [Published Yahoo! News - May 06 2013]

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News Round Up (8 April 2013) [Published Syria Comment - Apr 08 2013] Preparing for the day after al-Assad’s fall Inside Syria – Aljazeera Presenter Ghida Fakhry: Joshua Landis ; Yazan Abdallah , a Syrian academic and member of the Syria Dialogue – a group calling for transitional change in Syria; and Saleh Mubarak ...
North Korea Faces Heightened Human Rights Scrutiny [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - Mar 21 2013] On March 21, 2013 the United Nations Human Rights Council, a body of 47 states, adopted by consensus a resolution to establish a commission of inquiry (COI) into North Korea’s “systematic, widespread and grave violations of human rights.” [1] The commission ...