U.N. delays go ahead for planned African ivory sale
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A U.N. environmental agency on Thursday postponed a plan to allow three southern African states to make a one-off sale of 60 tonnes of elephant ivory.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 27 -- The U.N. Security Council probably will delay a move to impose new sanctions against Iran until December, when U.N. weapons inspectors conclude a review of Iran's past nuclear activities, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Thursday.
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World cocoa prices rose from intraday  lows, but exports from the Ivory Coast, the key global  supplier, remain on hold after mob violence and military  clashes paralyze business in the West African country, traders  said on Tuesday.
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afrol News, 11 October - Two proposals regarding the international ivory trade today failed to secure a two-thirds majority at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) conference in Bangkok.
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A disagreement over which countries will take part may delay the deployment of up to 10,000 U.N. peacekeepers to southern Sudan, U.N. and former rebel sources said on Friday.
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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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ABIDJAN  - Ivory Coast woke to a national holiday after a weekend of diplomacy by African leaders fearful of a return to war in the divided state, and awaiting a vote by the UN Security Council likely to impose sanctions including an arms embargo.
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The African Union (AU) recommended a  four-day postponement of peace talks over Sudan's Darfur region  on Thursday after a transport mix-up left delegates stranded  across the continent.
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VIENNA : The UN atomic agency has postponed until Monday releasing a landmark report on Iran&#39;s nuclear program as EU officials pursue talks to save a deal for the Islamic Republic to suspend uranium enrichment and avoid possible UN sanctions, diplomats
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Sudan's failure to approve some  non-African units of a U.N.-African peacekeeping force for  Darfur is delaying preparations for its January 1 deployment, a  U.N. official warned on Thursday.
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The European Union and the United States agreed Wednesday to delay a U.N. vote on a resolution that would give Kosovo independence under international supervision until after this week's Group of Eight summit discussion.
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Counting of votes from Afghanistan's election is delayed until the shape of an inquiry into alleged flaws is announced.
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By ARTHUR MAX THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The agency that oversees international trade involving rare animals approved on Saturday the sale of 60 tons of ivory to Japan despite fears it could lead to increased poaching of endangered elephants.
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West African leaders meet in Nigeria to discuss the crisis in Ivory Coast, where elections have been postponed.
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The African Union (AU) recommended a four-day postponement of peace talks over Sudan&#39;s Darfur region on Thursday after a transport mix-up left delegates stranded across the continent.
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Although it stops short of an all-out ban like some wildlife activists are looking for, eBay said Tuesday it will no longer allow cross-border sales of ivory.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The United Nations has agreed to a Serbian request to delay final talks on the fate of breakaway Kosovo province by just over one week to give Belgrade time to appoint delegates, a U.N. mediator said on Friday.