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In an attempt to end trade dispute with China, world's top soy oil exporter Argentina asked the dragon nation to suspend its decision to halt soy oil imports. Argentina's foreign ministry in a statement said the decision is of great concern and urged Beijing to suspend the measure and ensure it does not come into force. Last week, a Chinese trade body urged traders not to buy Argentine soy oil in retaliation for the country's decision to restrict imports of Chinese products ranging from shoes to...

Banning traders from placing their servers close to an exchange's trading system would not solve anything, a top securities regulator said on Monday.

food manufacturers with high levels of trans fats shall have a total national ban

Another Sydney metropolitan council has banned smoking in outdoor café and restaurant areas.

Internet telephony firm Skype has questioned Egypt's move to ban international calls made through mobile Internet connections and said markets should be left open for consumers to choose.

Starting July, chain smokers will be banned in the outside cafes of Sydney Bondi Beach, Councilor Kerryn says.

A study in New Zealand showed that, three years after a smoking ban on all workplaces was introduced, hospital admissions for heart attacks among men and women aged 55-74 fell by 9 per cent. This figure rose to 13 per cent for 55-74 year olds who had never smoked.

Egypt has begun enforcing a ban on international calls made through mobile internet connections, the head of the telcoms regulator told Reuters on Tuesday, potentially boosting voice revenues at landline monopoly Telecom Egypt.

Afghanistan rowed back on Saturday from a total ban on media broadcasts of disturbing images from insurgent attacks or live pictures of security operations.

The European Commission said on Tuesday it will consider banning the naked selling of derivatives contracts some EU politicians say were used by speculators to bet on a Greek bond default.

Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou on Tuesday proposed a ban on derivative trading techniques that increase debt costs for countries like Greece which struggle to cut their deficits.

Japan's government on Tuesday vowed to stick to its ban on nuclear arms after a probe showed its predecessors may have turned a blind eye to breaches, but said ties with security ally Washington would not be affected.

The nations most populous state is asking its 38 million residents to stop cussing beginning next Monday.

The Obama administration said on Tuesday it is still committed to the Volcker rule to ban risky trading by banks, although Congress looks increasingly unlikely to adopt the rule as proposed.

Iraqi officials confirmed on Saturday that appeals by prominent Sunni politicians against a move to ban them from next month's election had failed, opening the door to sectarian recriminations that could mar the vote.

The government argued on Friday that it should be allowed access to people's cell-phone records to help track suspected criminals.

The Internet potentially will lose one of its main sources of bestiality videos under a ban approved Tuesday by the upper house of the Dutch parliament.

Top bank regulator Sheila Bair said on Friday that proposed proprietary trading limits are very positive, but said they would not have necessarily reined in risk-taking at the institutions that required massive bailouts.

France's National Assembly should pass a resolution denouncing full Muslim face veils and then vote the strictest law possible to ban women from wearing them, a parliamentary commission proposed on Tuesday.

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon asked the Security Council on Monday to approve 3,500 more peacekeepers for Haiti -- a nearly 40 percent increase -- to help cope with the chaos that followed last week's earthquake.

U.S. securities regulators proposed rules on Wednesday that would require more supervision of unlicensed high-frequency traders who gain unfettered, or naked, access to public markets.