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COOLUM, Australia: APEC finance ministers
Friday said the world needs to “go beyond” the Kyoto Protocol to
adequately address climate change and warned a rise in protectionist
sentiment could threaten growth and living standards. The 21 finance
ministers also called for action to address “imbalances” in the
global economy as they wrapped up a two-day Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) meeting in the north Australian town of
Coolum.”We considered the global architecture for addressing
climate change and shared the view that it is important to establish
an effective framework beyond the Kyoto Protocol under the UN
climate change process,” it said.
YANGON: Myanmar has banned
ads in foreign languages except English after a newspaper
advertisement last week carried a hidden message calling the
nation’s junta leader a killer, an editor said Thursday.
Myanmar’s press scrutiny board issued the ban earlier in the week
during a meeting with a group of private publishers. “We were told
not to accept advertisements in any other languages expect Burmese
and English,” he said. Danish artists ran an ad in the weekly
Myanmar Times on July 23 that contained a hidden message calling for
freedom in the military-run country and branding Myanmar’s top
ruler, Senior General Than Shwe, “a killer.”
TOKYO: Japan and China
plan to meet soon in Beijing to discuss ways to ensure the safety of
Chinese food exports after a string of health scandals, an official
said Friday. China has faced rising global concerns over the safety
of its products ranging from food to manufactured goods, with Japan
also announcing Friday a probe into Chinese pet food.
Japan is heavily reliant on food
imports and counts China as its second largest supplier after the
United States. This week, US health officials held their own
meetings with Chinese counterparts aimed at hammering out agreements
on food and drug safety.
--AFP
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