CERNOBBIO, Italy (AP) — Experts and leaders gathered in Italy may disagree on the cure, but the malady seems clear: the world economy faces a “perfect storm” of risks that include prolongedcrisis in a structurally flawed Europe,...
The United States is leading what it described as the “largest militaryexercises in the Middle East in 10 years” in Jordan on Tuesday. Eager Lion 2012 “is the largest exercise held in the region in...
Tens of thousands of protesters took part in demonstrations across Europe on Saturday against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), an international anti-piracy deal they fear will curb their freedom to download movies and music...
Some 20,000 marines, seamen and air crews from half a dozen countries, a US nuclear aircraft carrier strike group and three US Marine gunship carriers are practicing an attack on a fictitious mechanized enemy...
ACTA will help countries work together to tackle more effectively Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) infringements. ACTA is essential for business operating globally. Many suffer widespread infringements and theft of their copyrights, trademarks, patents, designs...
As folks in the United States celebrate the current demise of proposed anti-piracy legislation, a new campaign is beginning to replace it, ACTA. While on online internet community in the United States has been...
Negotiations over a controversial anti-piracy agreement have been described as a “masquerade” by a key Euro MP. Kader Arif, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta), resigned over the issue on...
On October 1, 2011, eight ACTA negotiating partners signed what will become the highest-standard plurilateral agreement ever achieved concerning the enforcement of intellectual property rights. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a groundbreaking initiative...
Australian PM Julia Gillard and leader of the opposition Tony Abbott had to be rescued after becoming trapped by an angry protest, local media reports. About 50 police escorted the pair from Canberra’s Lobby...
The World Health Organisation is warning of the potential for an untreatable form of tuberculosis to develop on Australia’s doorstep. It says infections of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) in Papua New Guinea’s remote south-west...
