en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/world/ban/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/world/crunch_time_for_climate_change/ United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has opened high-level talks at the climate change conference in Bali with a call to action. He said that if no action were taken, the world would face impacts such as drought, famine and rising sea levels. news world 2007-12-12 08:20:04 http://www.newsique.com/world/crunch_time_for_climate_change/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7139676.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/crunch_time_for_climate_change/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/46_of_49_nations_ok_ban_on_clust/ Forty-six nations adopted a declaration Friday calling for a 2008 treaty banning cluster bombs, saying the weapons kill and maim long after conflicts end and inflict "unacceptable harm" on civilians, particularly children. Some key arms makers — incl news world 2007-02-23 09:43:32 http://www.newsique.com/world/46_of_49_nations_ok_ban_on_clust/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_re_eu/norway_cluster_bombs;_ylt=Ai51RjKPdBd6UcI0e4tEt9ms0NUE http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Interesting [12] 90 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/46_of_49_nations_ok_ban_on_clust/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/italy_urges_global_execution_ban/ Italy will campaign at the United Nations for a global ban on the death penalty, Prime Minister Romano Prodi has said. news world 2007-01-03 05:28:02 http://www.newsique.com/world/italy_urges_global_execution_ban/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6226687.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [15] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/italy_urges_global_execution_ban/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/belmont_to_be_first_us_city_to_b/ Belmont is set to make history by becoming the first city in the nation to ban smoking on its streets and almost everywhere else. news world 2006-11-20 01:40:27 http://www.newsique.com/world/belmont_to_be_first_us_city_to_b/ www.smdailyjournal.com http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=66988 Under Rated [7] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/belmont_to_be_first_us_city_to_b/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/dutch_to_ban_wearing_of_muslim_b/ The Dutch government agreed on Friday a total ban on the wearing of burqas and other Muslim face veils in public, justifying the move on security grounds. news world 2006-11-18 23:33:58 http://www.newsique.com/world/dutch_to_ban_wearing_of_muslim_b/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061117/ts_nm/dutch_burqa_ban_dc http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Under Rated [5] 60 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/world/dutch_to_ban_wearing_of_muslim_b/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/chinese_net_users_say_china_like/ The easing of a ban on the popular online encyclopedia traffic in China was short-lived. news world 2006-11-17 14:57:31 http://www.newsique.com/world/chinese_net_users_say_china_like/ International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/17/asia/AS_GEN_China_Wikipedia.php http://www.newsique.com/sources/iht/ 94 Under Rated [8] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/world/chinese_net_users_say_china_like/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/skorea_takes_first_step_in_sanct/ South Korea announced on Thursday it would ban the entry of North Koreans who are part of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, the first step taken by Seoul to adhere to U.N. sanctions. news world 2006-10-26 08:28:11 http://www.newsique.com/world/skorea_takes_first_step_in_sanct/ Reuters http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-10-26T102713Z_01_SEO193164_RTRUKOC_0_US-KOREA-NORTH.xml&src=102606_0717_TOPSTORY_south_korea_to_ban_north_officials http://www.newsique.com/sources/reuters/ 93 Under Rated [2] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/skorea_takes_first_step_in_sanct/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/un_sets_out_food_crisis_measures/ UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged nations to seize an "historic opportunity to revitalise agriculture" as a way of tackling the food crisis. Mr Ban told a UN-sponsored summit in Rome that food production would have to rise by 50% by 2030 to me news world 2008-06-03 08:18:01 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_sets_out_food_crisis_measures/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/in_depth/7432583.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_sets_out_food_crisis_measures/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/un_head_tours_cyclone-hit_burma/ UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in cyclone-hit Burma to tour the devastated Irrawaddy Delta and meet military ruler Gen Than Shwe. Mr Ban hopes to persuade the government to accept more aid for cyclone victims. Burma's rulers have block news world 2008-05-22 08:22:09 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_head_tours_cyclone-hit_burma/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7414015.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_head_tours_cyclone-hit_burma/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/un_chief_pleads_with_myanmar/ With Foreign Minister Nyan Win present, Ban said that he wanted to see the delivery of foreign aid and the deployment of aid workers carried out in a "more systematic way." U.N. official Dan Baker said that junta leader, Senior Gen. Than Shwe, would Fr news world 2008-05-22 08:19:35 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_chief_pleads_with_myanmar/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24759489/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_chief_pleads_with_myanmar/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/un_sets_up_food_crisis_task_forc/ The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, is setting up a task force to tackle the global food crisis. Mr Ban said the world faced "widespread hunger, malnutrition and social unrest on an unprecedented scale" because of soaring food prices. news world 2008-04-29 08:18:18 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_sets_up_food_crisis_task_forc/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7372393.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_sets_up_food_crisis_task_forc/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_mps_plan_headscarf_move/ Two major parties in Turkey say they will submit a joint plan to parliament to ease a ban on the Islamic headscarf in universities. The Islamist-rooted governing AK Party and the nationalist MHP say it is an issue of human rights and freedoms. The t news world 2008-01-29 08:13:07 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_mps_plan_headscarf_move/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7214827.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_mps_plan_headscarf_move/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/legal_action_to_ban_kurdish_part/ Turkish prosecutors have reportedly moved to ban a pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey that has been accused of colluding with Kurdish rebels. Supreme Court prosecutors asked the Constitutional Court to bar the Democratic Society Party (DTP), the sta news world 2007-11-16 08:27:07 http://www.newsique.com/world/legal_action_to_ban_kurdish_part/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7097988.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/legal_action_to_ban_kurdish_part/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/a_nationwide_toxic_toy_ban_likel/ One day after California became the first state in the nation to ban toys containing toxic plastic softeners, supporters of the measure announced plans Monday to help at least nine other states - and perhaps even Congress - enact similar laws. The move news world 2007-10-16 08:13:31 http://www.newsique.com/world/a_nationwide_toxic_toy_ban_likel/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/170468737/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/a_nationwide_toxic_toy_ban_likel/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/dutch_to_ban_psychedelic_mushroo/ The Dutch government said Friday that it will ban the sale of hallucinatory mushrooms, rolling back one element of the country's permissive drug policy after a series of high-profile negative incidents. The decision will go into effect within several m news world 2007-10-12 08:15:31 http://www.newsique.com/world/dutch_to_ban_psychedelic_mushroo/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/12/netherlands.mushrooms.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/dutch_to_ban_psychedelic_mushroo/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/zim_bans_import_of_groceries/ As shortages of basic goods worsen in crisis-hit Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe's government has decided to ban the import of groceries for resale, it emerged on Friday. The ban, which will come into effect on August 1, will cripple the businesses o news world 2007-07-14 22:57:01 http://www.newsique.com/world/zim_bans_import_of_groceries/ News 24 http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_2146743,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/news24/ 100 Under Rated [1] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/zim_bans_import_of_groceries/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/aborigines_threaten_tourist_ban/ Aboriginal elders are threatening to ban tourists from one of Australia's landmarks over a plan to curb child sex abuse in Aboriginal communities. The threat to close Uluru, or Ayers Rock, comes amid growing alarm. Some 50 community, church and indi news world 2007-06-26 08:18:02 http://www.newsique.com/world/aborigines_threaten_tourist_ban/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/6239788.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/aborigines_threaten_tourist_ban/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/bolivian_leader_kicks_off_protes/ Bolivia's President Evo Morales has joined a street football match to protest against Fifa's ban on international games at high altitude. Mr Morales said that if he and his ministers could play at more than 2,500m (8,200ft) above sea level, so too coul news world 2007-05-30 23:05:02 http://www.newsique.com/world/bolivian_leader_kicks_off_protes/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/6704605.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/bolivian_leader_kicks_off_protes/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/russian_gays_to_defy_parade_ban/ Russian homosexual rights activists have vowed to go ahead with a march in Moscow despite an official ban and a planned counter-demonstration. GayRussia organiser Nikolai Alexeyev said activists would deliver a petition to Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov. Th news world 2007-05-27 05:29:29 http://www.newsique.com/world/russian_gays_to_defy_parade_ban/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6695913.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [5] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/russian_gays_to_defy_parade_ban/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/thousands_join_polish_gay_march/ Thousands of people marched Saturday in the capital's annual gay-rights parade, days after the education minister called for a ban on the "propagation of homosexuality" in Poland's schools. About 5,000 demonstrators marched from parliament through down news world 2007-05-19 11:34:44 http://www.newsique.com/world/thousands_join_polish_gay_march/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/19/poland.gay.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [4] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/thousands_join_polish_gay_march/#comments