Climate deal 'unlikely' this year |
- Climate deal 'unlikely' this year
- UN backs Gaza war crimes report
- Dengue increase blamed on climate
- Deadly shooting at US Army base
- Fresh support for US health reform
- US army base gunman in custody
- US Army base gunman identified
- Obama on 'horrific' army shooting
- Abbas 'will not seek re-election'
- UN pull out Afghanistan staff
- Tributes to five 'men of courage'
- Afghan strike makes UN relocate
- Clinton: Israel settlement activity illegitimate
- U.S. urges Karzai to make corruption arrests
- More defendants may be added in Galleon case - SEC
- ANALYSIS - Zelaya stumbles in bid to lead Honduras again
- Poor urge deep climate cuts; U.N. says out of reach
- S.Korea, Panama, Colombia eye US trade votes by mid-2010
- France's Chirac says ready to stand trial
- Italy convicts former CIA agents in rendition trial
| Climate deal 'unlikely' this year Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:59 PM PST It is unlikely a binding deal to combat climate change will be achieved at the Copenhagen summit in December, a senior UN official has said.
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| UN backs Gaza war crimes report Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:58 PM PST The UN General Assembly has back a call for independent inquiries by Israel and the Palestinians into alleged war crimes in Gaza.
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| Dengue increase blamed on climate Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:58 PM PST The potentially fatal dengue fever - once rare in south Asia - has regained a foothold in the region, reaching almost epidemic levels.
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| Deadly shooting at US Army base Posted: 05 Nov 2009 07:35 PM PST The man who opened fire inside a US army base in Texas, killing 12 people and injuring 31, was not killed as first reported.
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| Fresh support for US health reform Posted: 05 Nov 2009 07:36 PM PST The American Medical Association and an influential lobby group have thrown their weight behind President Obama's healthcare reform plans.
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| US army base gunman in custody Posted: 05 Nov 2009 06:39 PM PST A US army major has killed 12 people at a US military base in Texas, but was not shot dead as previously stated.
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| US Army base gunman identified Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:49 PM PST A man shot and killed after opening fire inside a US Army base in Texas has been named as Major Malik Nidal Hasan.
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| Obama on 'horrific' army shooting Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:25 PM PST President Barack Obama has described the mass shooting at an Army base in Texas as a "horrific outburst of violence."
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| Abbas 'will not seek re-election' Posted: 05 Nov 2009 03:01 PM PST Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has announced in a televised speech that he will not seek re-election in polls in January.
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| Posted: 05 Nov 2009 11:20 AM PST John Simpson visits a UN hostel in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, where six of its staff were killed during an attacked by gunmen.
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| Tributes to five 'men of courage' Posted: 05 Nov 2009 09:17 AM PST Tributes have been paid to five British soldiers killed in an attack by a "rogue" Afghan policeman on Tuesday, with the MoD confirming that a soldier from 3rd Battalion, The Rifles, was killed in an explosion in Helmand on Thursday.
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| Afghan strike makes UN relocate Posted: 05 Nov 2009 09:10 AM PST The UN says it will temporarily relocate 600 of its international foreign staff based in Afghanistan, following an attack by the Taliban last week which left five UN workers and three Afghans dead.
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| Clinton: Israel settlement activity illegitimate Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:45 AM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - The United States does not accept Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land but believes resuming peace talks is the best way to curb them, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.
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| U.S. urges Karzai to make corruption arrests Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:45 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States wants Afghan President Hamid Karzai to arrest and prosecute corrupt government officials and take other concrete measures to shore up his legitimacy, the top U.S. military officer said on Wednesday, suggesting such steps were key to a troop increase.
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| More defendants may be added in Galleon case - SEC Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:45 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - More defendants may be added to the insider-trading case involving the hedge fund firm Galleon Group, a lawyer for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday.
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| ANALYSIS - Zelaya stumbles in bid to lead Honduras again Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:45 AM PST TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya may have jeopardized his bid to return to power by agreeing to a U.S.-brokered pact to end a four-month political crisis because the deal contains no guarantees for him.
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| Poor urge deep climate cuts; U.N. says out of reach Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:45 AM PST BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Developing countries said on Wednesday they risked "total destruction" unless the rich stepped up the fight against climate change to a level that even the United Nations says is out of reach.
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| S.Korea, Panama, Colombia eye US trade votes by mid-2010 Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:45 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korean, Colombian and Panamanian officials said on Wednesday they hoped for U.S congressional approval of pending free trade agreements by the middle of 2010.
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| France's Chirac says ready to stand trial Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:45 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Jacques Chirac said he was ready to appear in court over accusations of embezzlement during his time as mayor of Paris and was determined to clear his name.
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| Italy convicts former CIA agents in rendition trial Posted: 05 Nov 2009 08:45 AM PST MILAN/ROME (Reuters) - An Italian judge sentenced 23 Americans to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric, in a symbolic condemnation of the CIA "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. government.
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