The United States and Europe have long claimed that free trade and poverty reduction are among their highest political priorities. But their recent record is hardly illustrious. Ever since President

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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh toured the flood

Bayer, the second-largest German drug and chemical maker, said that it had reached agreement to buy Roche Holding's nonprescription drug unit for Euro 2.38 billion, which would make it one of the top

The addition of new members to the International Whaling Commission may finally help Japan and its allies gain a majority favoring whaling at the annual meeting that opened. Japan, which views

It is increasingly asserted that American and European agricultural subsidies inhibit prosperity in the developing world, particularly in Africa. Critics argue that rich nations have aggressively

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China hopes to achieve a normal balance of newborn boys and girls within six years by banning the use of abortions to select an infant's sex and by making welfare payments to couples without sons, a

The first large-scale study of AIDS patients receiving fixed-dose combinations of generic antiretroviral drugs in poor countries has documented their effectiveness, scientists reported at the 15th

The World Health Organisation said that its controversial effort to deliver antiretroviral therapy to 3 million HIV-infected people in poor countries by the end of 2005 can still be met despite