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ALTA, Wyo. » Frito the llama defied his name and didn't get eaten. Lou Centrella seemed sure that was Frito's fate after a mountain lion killed another of his llamas on Sunday. Frito was nowhere to be found after the attack on the other llama, named Grayson. On Monday, the cougar returned to the Centrellas' yard in western Wyoming to feed on the llama it had killed. Concerned the big cat may have acquired a taste for llama, Centrella shot it.....

America set to torpedo trade talks Nick Mathiason and John Madeley in Cancun Sunday September 14, 2003 The Observer Fears are growing that the United States could effectively walk away from crucial trade talks in the Mexican resort of Cancun aimed at solving the deepening economic and social crisis afflicting billions of the world's poorest people. As the World Trade Organisation negotiations entered their final hours, business leaders feared that efforts to strike a ground-breaking deal on trade distortions harming the developing world were in the balance. A high level source in the UK delegation told The Observer said: 'It's...

Dispute Settlement Body 8 March 2002 DS202: United States — Definitive safeguard measures on imports of circular carbon quality line pipe from Korea After the adoption of the Appellate Body report by the DSB, the Republic of Korea made a statement in which it welcomed the findings and rulings that the US safeguard measure on line pipe is not consistent with various provisions of the WTO safeguard agreement. Korea, as well as the EC, Australia, Hong Kong China and Japan, noted in their respective statements the fact that safeguard measures are extraordinary measures which can only be applied when...