At a meeting of the WTO Negotiating Group on Rules on 1 May, Members discussed the US proposal -- initially submitted in March 2007 -- which represents a far-reaching effort to modify international trade rules to prohibit most government subsidies to commercial fishing (see BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 30 March 2007) At a meeting of the WTO Negotiating Group on Rules on 1 May, Members discussed the US proposal -- initially submitted in March 2007 -- which represents a far-reaching effort to...

Brey said some Oceana subsidiaries were involved in high court review applications over the allocation of long-term fishing rights, which could take time to complete. Earnings a share for the period were 50 percent higher, mainly as a result of the profit on the disposal of the Tuna Marine abalone business. The weighted average number of shares in issue declined because the shares held by the black employee share trust, Khula Trust, were treated as treasury shares. The increased earnings...

Surplus crops often end up being sold at rock-bottom prices in the markets of developing countries, making it impossible for local farmers to sell their products. The eight-year-old boy is visibly excited as he jumps through the surf off the beach of Mbour, a Senegalese fishing town, until someone hoists him up onto a brightly painted boat known locally as a pirogue. Even the American food aid being sent to famine-plagued regions creates more suffering than it alleviates, because many...

Veterans Groups Urge Full War Funding By Nathan Burchfiel CNSNews.com Staff Writer April 20, 2007 (CNSNews.com) - The leaders of two large national veterans' organizations on Thursday called on Democratic leaders in Congress to offer a war funding bill free of withdrawal timelines and "pork barrel" spending. Veterans Groups Urge Full War Funding By Nathan Burchfiel CNSNews.com Staff Writer April 20, 2007 (CNSNews.com) - The leaders of two large national veterans' organizations on Thursday...

Items such as canned tuna fish and chicken and peanut butter are most helpful, he said, but any canned or boxed food item will be accepted. Postal Service is making it easy for residents to help the needy in their community with the 15th annual food drive the largest one-day food drive in the nation. Many children eat breakfast and lunch at school during the year and then have nothing to replace it when school lets out, Dennis Kennedy, branch manager for the West Bloomfield post office,...

A couch potato is defined by the OED as "a person who spends leisure time passively or idly sitting around, especially watching television or video tapes. Sure, Atkins diet proponents say that potatoes have a fairly high carbohydrate count, but they also recommend regularly eating steak or bratwursts, so I'll forgive them for the potato thing. They're afraid that the image of a slovenly fat guy slouching on his sofa, watching Baywatch reruns is going to have a negative impact on the image...