APEC to send strong message on global trade talks

The Asia-Pacific Rim leaders are expected to issue a statement calling for cuts in trade-impeding tariffs and complete abolition of agricultural export subsidies by developed nations by 2010, South Korea’s trade minister said Wednesday.

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Agreement reached to extend US anti-terror law

Republican-led U.S. congressional negotiators agreed to extend or make permanent key provisions of the anti-terror Patriot Act including wire taps, Internet surveillance and the sharing of information among intelligence and law-enforcement agencies.

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