Trade:
US places eight countries, including China, on IP watch-list (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Yerevan)
The United States has placed eight countries - Argentina, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, and Venezuela - on its controversial "Priority Watch List" for allegedly failing to provide adequate and effective IP (intellectual property) protection and enforcement for US "inventors, creators, brands, manufacturers and service providers".
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Afghanistan:
Forced return of Afghans deepens humanitarian crisis (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is being compounded by the forced return of tens of thousands of Afghans from neighbouring countries, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has warned.
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