GENEVA (AFP) - Marathon efforts to forge a global trade pact collapsed Tuesday when the United States and India failed to settle a row on food tariffs and emotional delegates quit talks after days of wrangling.
AP - Brett Favre has faxed his reinstatement paperwork to the NFL and is awaiting approval from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, league spokesman Randall Liu confirmed Tuesday.
AFP - More than 10,000 hardliners gathered in central Belgrade on Tuesday for a rally in defiance of Radovan Karadzic’s looming war crimes transfer, delayed for another day amid doubts about the authenticity of his legal appeal.
AP - The Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday defended the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has come under fire for his recent crude off-air criticism of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
SEOUL, South Korea—South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo visited a set of islets Tuesday at the center of a territorial dispute with Japan as the highest-level official ever to travel there. Tokyo criticized Han’s brief trip to the rocky outcroppings lying about halfway between the Korean peninsula and Japan. “I don’t think taking an action like this to highlight our differences is…
MANILA, Philippines — Governments should operate transparently in order to gain the people’s trust. This, former New York Mayor Rudolph ‘Rudy’ Giuliani says, is the ‘best advice’ he could give governments like that of the Philippines that are confronted with the various crises. He explained that transparency is an important part of what he considers the six pillars of leadership, which include the need for business and political leaders to communicate with their constituents. Giuliani, who gained international acclaim for his…
Reuters - President George W. Bush urged
China’s leadership on Tuesday to use the Beijing Olympics to
show a commitment to human rights, the White House said, as he
nudged his Chinese hosts about U.S. concerns 10 days before
attending the games’ opening ceremonies.