Robin Pomeroy

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Articles

Irish public workers strike over budget reform November 24, 08:22am EST

* Some 250,000 public workers to strike, say unions * Main test for government ahead of Dec. 9 austerity budget * Some strikes called off to battle floods (Adds comment from unions) By Andras Gergely DUBLIN, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Much of Ireland's public ... Full Article

Iraq parliament passes new vote law

UPDATE 1-Incumbent Basescu tops Romanian poll first round

Israel-Hamas prisoner swap deal near -officials

Israel-Hamas prisoner swap deal near

Germany attacks Israel settlement plan before visit

Blog Posts

Trading kisses? Love-in fails to save WTO talks.

Call it the Geneva syndrome - a variation of the Stockholm syndrome where a kidnap victim grows to love his captors. After gruelling nine-day World Trade Organisation talks collapsed spectacularly, the ... Full Article

Mandelson fends off EU's back seat drivers

Imagine driving a car with 27 people on the back seat trying to steer. That's the image Peter Mandelson painted of his role negotiating at the World Trade Organisation on behalf of all European Union countries ... Full Article | Comments [5]

Do you Doha? Cutting through the jargon at the WTO

Where is green beige, 54 the same as 60, and the potato a tropical vegetable? Welcome to the Through the Looking Glass world of the World Trade Organisation. Although the issues being discussed in Geneva ... Full Article | Comments [1]