New Zealand passes revamped carbon law

New Zealand passes revamped carbon law

New Zealand passes revamped carbon law

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 11:52 PM PST

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's revised emissions trading plan passed into law on Wednesday, opening the way to controlling greenhouse gas emissions from industry, although critics say the scheme is too soft on big polluters.

Thai anti-government protesters postpone rally

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 11:15 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Supporters of exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Wednesday they had postponed indefinitely an anti-government rally due to start this weekend, which had worried investors in financial markets.

Australia approves purchase of joint strike fighters

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 10:48 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's government has approved the purchase of its first order of 14 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, Defence Minister John Faulkner said on Wednesday.

New Zealand passes carbon law through key stage

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 10:48 PM PST

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's revised emissions trading plan is set to become law after parliament on Wednesday approved details of the scheme.

FACTBOX - Main points of New Zealand's carbon scheme

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 10:48 PM PST

The governing minority National Party suspended the previous Labour-led government's carbon trading scheme last year and brought in changes, including a delay to the entry of certain sectors and putting a cap on the price of carbon.

Australia's carbon-trade deadlock nears end

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 09:52 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd edged closer to securing his carbon trade plan on Wednesday after a hostile Senate rejected delaying a vote and the opposition hosed down an internal revolt over the scheme.

U.S. will not join treaty banning landmines

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 08:47 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has no plans to join a global treaty banning landmines because a policy review found the United States could not meet its security commitments without them, the State Department said on Tuesday.

China doesn't want "empty" Copenhagen deal - Xinhua

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 08:47 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will demand next month's Copenhagen climate summit culminates in a real deal, Xinhua news agency quoted a Chinese negotiator as saying, but appears to have accepted that a legally binding agreement must wait until 2010.

New Zealand passes carbon law through key stage

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 07:47 PM PST

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The New Zealand parliament passed a law through a key stage on Wednesday to put in place an amended scheme to cut carbon emissions.

Australian opposition backs leader over carbon deal

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 07:47 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's opposition voted on Wednesday to keep its leader, Malcolm Turnbull, backing his decision to support the government's revised carbon-trade laws.

Singh: Building 'shared destiny'

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 06:49 PM PST

Indian PM Manmohan Singh has said he wants India and the US to build a 'shared destiny' for all during his address at a state banquet in his honour at the White House.

Living the American dream

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 06:10 PM PST

President Obama has pointed out how many Indian immigrants have been woven into the fabric of US society during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the country.

India and US are 'natural allies'

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 06:09 PM PST

President Obama has underlined his country's strong ties with India, describing their relationship as one of the defining partnerships of the 21st Century.

INTERVIEW - Zelaya says Honduran election could divide region

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 06:14 PM PST

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Tuesday it could divide the Americas and set a dangerous precedent if the United States decides to throw its support behind a presidential election on Sunday.

FBI adds two to 'Most Wanted Terrorists' list

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 06:14 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A suspect in the bombing of the USS Cole and a man wanted in connection with the bombing of a 1982 Pan Am flight have been added to the U.S. government's list of "Most Wanted Terrorists," the FBI said on Tuesday.

World Bank to start agriculture fund with $1.5 bln

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 05:44 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank will start a trust fund to boost agriculture in poor countries with an initial $1.5 billion, its president Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday, warning of the risk of another food price crisis.

FEATURE - "Cancer of fraud" permeates U.S. healthcare system=2

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 05:44 PM PST

MIAMI (Reuters) - It's a crime so profitable that even dead people are in on the act.

U.S. will not join treaty banning landmines - spokesman

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 04:49 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has no plans to join a global treaty banning landmines because a policy review found the United States could not meet its security commitments without the weapons, the State Department said on Tuesday.

Obama says will "finish the job" in Afghanistan

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 04:49 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to "finish the job" of an unpopular and costly eight-year war in Afghanistan, and officials said he could announce an increase of around 30,000 troops next week.

Venezuela opposition and Jews protest Iran visit

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 03:44 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Opposition parties and the Jewish community criticized a visit by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Venezuela, citing worries over his denial of the Holocaust, human rights violations and Iran's nuclear program.

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