06 Jul Weekday News Wrap: July 6, 2012
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- The Transnational Federal Government of Somalia has signed an action plan backed by the UN to stop the use of child soldiers.
- Ex-Argentine president Jorge Videla was sentenced to 50 years in prison for stealing babies from prisoners during Argentina’s “Dirty War.”
- The Foreign Minister of Iraq claims that al-Qaeda is flowing into Syria, posing potential threats to the stability of the entire region.
- An online poll on a state-owned news network in Iran showed a large majority of responses favoring suspension of the uranium enrichment programme so international sanctions can be lifted.
- Libyans will go to the polls Sunday to vote for the national assembly for the first time in more than half a century.
- Wikileaks has begun releasing the first batch of over 2.4 million e-mails of Syrian politicians, officials and companies.
- The UN Security Council has supported West African efforts to stop unrest in Mali but stopped short of endorsing military action.
- The Security Council also extended the mandate of peacekeepers in South Sudan, and called upon the young nation to step up its own security efforts.
- The UN Human Rights Council has passed a resolution protecting Internet speech, approved unanimously by all 47 members of the Council.
- The US has requested consultations with China under the WTO Dispute Settlement system about Chinese anti-dumping and countervailing duties on US automobiles.
- China is renewing its financial support for a WTO programme that assists Least Developed Countries.
- 19 WTO Members have agreed to step up negotiations on a global agreement on trade in services from September onwards.
- Zimbabwe has ordered its four foreign-owned banks to hand over 51% of ownership to locals within a year.
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