Benn calls for new treaty to control weapons trade
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International Development Secretary Hilary Benn on Tuesday called on world leaders to make a priorty the concluding of a treaty regulating the trade of weapons.
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The European Union urged China to strengthen human rights as the EU considers ending a 15-year-old arms embargo that denies weapons makers such as BAE Systems Plc access to the growing Chinese market.
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The European Union is not yet ready  to lift an arms embargo on China, Bernard Bot, Foreign Minister  of the Netherlands which holds the bloc's rotating presidency,  said Wednesday.  "We are working assiduously but...the time is  not right to lift the embargo," Bot told reporters on arrival  at a summit between the bloc and Chinese leaders.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England  - A deal taking shape Friday in negotiations on Northern Ireland's future would require the outlawed Irish Republican Army to resume disarmament and issue a new statement that, for the first time, would definitively renounce violence.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned on Sunday the world could soon face a cascade of countries acquiring nuclear weapons unless it took action to tighten existing controls.
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Australia may try to negotiate a new defense and security treaty with Indonesia, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Sunday. A bilateral security agreeement the two neighbors
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Australia should consider taking over  the customs and border controls of neighboring Papua New Guinea  to crack down on cross-border gun running and drug trafficking,  an Australian thinktank said Tuesday.
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Russia and China offer a new international treaty to ban the use of weapons in outer space.
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President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday urged the United States to begin negotiations on a new weapons treaty to replace the key START agreement that expires in 2009.
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The Department of Homeland Security today proposed new rules that would more tightly regulate freight trains carrying hazardous chemicals that could be used in terrorist attacks.
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The United States launched a fresh attack on European Union trade policies, as the World Trade Organisation (WTO) urged negotiators to set aside petty squabbles and address the big picture.
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Long a forum for protecting endangered species like whales or tigers, a U.N. meeting in Bangkok next month will seek a wider role in regulating the billion-dollar trade in timber, fish and medicinal plants.
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Pacific Rim trading nations said on Wednesday they should pool their influence to breathe new life into talks to free up world trade.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday called on his fellow European Union leaders to end wrangling over a new EU treaty and concentrate on the bloc's future.
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Poland wants a bilateral pact and  improved air defenses as part of any deal to become the first  ballistic missile-defense hub outside of the United States, its  defense minister said on Wednesday.
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Â· President tells of new generation of weaponsÂ· 'Grandiose' plan to combat US missile shield
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Europeâs leaders were urged today to continue a ban on arms sales to China in protest against torture and human rights abuses. The call came on the eve of an