Cash row at wildlife trade forum
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A budget row dominates the final day of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species forum.
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Online auction giant eBay is set to ban ivory trade from its websites, as pressure mounts to eradicate illegal traffic in endangered species from the Internet, participants at the world forum regulating wildlife commerce said Tuesday.
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Scuffles broke out when some 250 opponents of a ban on fox hunting in England and Wales tried to breach police lines outside a Labour Party fund-raising event in Wales.
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Officials from 75 nations are set for talks critical to whale conservation amid political pressure to lift a 20-year ban on commercial hunting of the gentle giants.
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Business & money: Â· Angry shareholders fail to block remuneration policy Â· Â£20m cap on individual rewards is removed
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Protesters have twice disrupted British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s speech at his ruling Labor&#39;s annual conference in Brighton, southern England, as thousands of pro-hunt campaigners
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London mayor Ken Livingstone came under fire on Friday over the cost of his efforts to rid Trafalgar Square of pigeons by using hawks.
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LONDON The corporate restructuring of the RoyalDutch/Shell Group is one of the year&#39;s largest financial transactions. Controversy is building in London over the answer to that question, illustrating yet again
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BANGKOK : The trade in some of the world&#39;s rarest species from the fearsome great white shark to the delicate orchid will be scrutinised here from Saturday accompanied by demands for tougher action against smugglers.
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The great white shark, African rhinos and the American bald eagle are among the animals and fauna that will take center stage at an international conference on regulating trade in endangered species that opens Saturday.
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A major wildlife conference started yesterday in Bangkok bringing together 166 nations to scrutinise trade in some of the world&#39;s rarest species amid promises of greater action to fight smuggling.
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An animal rights group said on Thursday  that some retailers were selling coats made with real animal  fur that were advertised as having fake fur.
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A list of the winners and losers at the two-week meeting of the 171-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in The Hague.  WINNERS:  AFRICAN ELEPHANTS: Four southern African countries' can sell their ivory stockpiles. No more ivory sales allowed for nine years.
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The illicit trade in tiger and leopard skins has reached alarming proportions, posing a serious threat to the survival of the big cats, a conservation group said Wednesday.
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A decision to be made this weekend on whether to allow the sale of 60 tons of elephant ivory is exposing rifts between nongovernment agencies dedicated to defending the diversity of plants and animals.
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The political fundraiser who found himself at the centre of cash-for-honours allegations has called for a change in the way political parties are funded.
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A United Nations forum on endangered  species rejected bids on Friday to put in place controls on the  multi-million dollar trade in two types of sharks, highly  prized for their meat and fins.