Maran holds sway, India sits pretty at WTO
As a writer of 30 Tamil film scripts and a couple of novels, Murasoli Maran sure knows how to grab attention.

Withdraw from Golan Heights, UN to Israel
The UN General Assembly has asked Israel to withdraw from all occupied Syrian Golan Heights captured in 1967 war and resume talks with Syria and Lebanon to bring peace to the region.

Farm trade issue causes problems in WTO
Talks on further liberalising trade in agriculture emerged as the major stumbling block to any progress on trade liberalisation talks at the second day of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meet here on Thursday.

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