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THIRD WORLD RESURGENCE:

LATEST ISSUE
	Issue No. 254 (Oct 2011) COVER STORY: Latest victims of financialisation - food and commodities Speculators operating from financial and commodity markets are adding to the woes of food- and commodity-producing Third World countries. By Lim Mah-Hui

TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• South Centre Bulletin on Durban (23 Dec 11)
• China opposes EU unilateral aviation tax (23 Dec 11)
• "REDD-plus" decision further shapes actions on forests by Chee Yoke Ling (22 Dec 11)
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TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• Lamy, UN rights expert in row over food security by Kanaga Raja (22 Dec 11)
• Chairman's Concluding Statement at MC8 by Kanaga Raja (22 Dec 11)
• MC8 closes after adopting several decisions by Kanaga Raja (22 Dec 11)
• MC8 gets underway by Kanaga Raja (22 Dec 11)
• North-South divide across issues, India defends policy space by Ranja Sengupta (21 Dec 11)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• MNC patent monopoly and takeover of generics in India by K. M. Gopakumar (21 Dec 11)
• Conclusions of 23rd session of WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (06 Dec 11)
• NGO Letter to WIPO on IP Enforcement (06 Dec 11)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• Financing for development discussions on development goals, economic governance and global financial instability by Bhumika Muchhala (16 Dec 11)
• TWN statement at UN FFD Dialogue (16 Dec 11)
• Aid debate in UN dialogue on financing for development by Bhumika Muchhala (14 Dec 11)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• MNC patent monopoly and takeover of generics in India by K. M. Gopakumar (21 Dec 11)
• LDC TRIPS extension and non-violation for MC8 by Kanaga Raja (25 Nov 11)
• LDCs table proposal on TRIPS for MC8 by Kanaga Raja (21 Nov 11)
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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• Data from Tigray, Ethiopia show increased yields with bioslurry compost
  (23 Dec 11)
• Lamy, UN Rights Expert in Row Over Food Security
  by Kanaga Raja (23 Dec 11)
• New ETC Report - Who Will Control the Green Economy?
  by ETC Group (20 Dec 11)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreements:

• EU-India FTA Could Spell Disaster (20 Dec 11)
• Will the US Push for Non-Labelling of GMOs in Trade Pact? (07 Dec 11)
• US-Free Trade Pacts Face Opposition in Asia by Chee Yoke Heong (07 Dec 11)
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TWN Update on Sustainable Development Conference 2012:

• Rio+20 intersessional discusses proposals for outcome document
  by Bhumika Muchhala (20 Dec 11)
• New ETC Report - Who will control the Green Economy?
  by Bhumika Muchhala (17 Dec 11)
• Global Sustainability Panel calls for deeper integration of economic, social and environmental pillars, more equity
  by Bhumika Muchhala (27 Oct 11)
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Last updated on 09 January 2012