Afghanistan unveils new cabinet, technocrats stay

Afghanistan unveils new cabinet, technocrats stay

Afghanistan unveils new cabinet, technocrats stay

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 12:52 AM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Harzai plans to keep most of his top ministers, mainly technocrats favoured by the West, in a new cabinet presented to parliament on Saturday, one of his ministers said.


U.S.-led climate deal under threat in Copenhagen

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 12:52 AM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.N. climate talks fell into crisis on Saturday after some developing nations angrily rejected a plan worked out by U.S. President Barack Obama, China and other fast growing economies for fighting global warming.


Afghan leader seen naming technocrat-heavy cabinet

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:51 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is likely to keep his top technocrat ministers when his new cabinet is announced in parliament on Saturday, but some diplomats say the lineup shows Karzai is just recycling old names.


U.S.-led climate deal under threat in Copenhagen

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:51 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.N. climate talks fell into crisis on Saturday after some developing nations angrily rejected a plan worked out by U.S. President Barack Obama and leaders of other major economies for fighting global warming.


FACTBOX - Main points of the Copenhagen Accord

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:51 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama reached a climate agreement on Friday with India, South Africa, China and Brazil. The deal outlined fell far short of the ambitions for the Copenhagen summit.


Cambodia to deport Uighurs despite persecution fears

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:22 PM PST

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia plans to deport at least 20 Muslim Uighurs who fled China after deadly ethnic violence this year, a government official said on Saturday, despite concerns they will face persecution by Beijing.


Key powers in climate compromise

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 07:55 PM PST

Key states have reached what they call a "meaningful agreement" at the Copenhagen climate summit.


Developing nations slam U.S.-led climate deal

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 08:22 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Several developing nations rejected on Saturday a climate deal worked out by U.S. President Barack Obama and four major emerging economies, saying it could not become a U.N. blueprint for fighting global warming.


EXCLUSIVE - Pentagon delays new "bunker buster" bomb

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 06:51 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A "bunker buster" bomb with more than 10 times the explosive power of its predecessor is to be put into service by the United States next December, six months later than previously scheduled, the Defense Department told Reuters on Friday.


U.S., China forge climate deal, Europe reluctant

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 06:32 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama forged a climate pact with major developing nations including China on Friday but European nations only reluctantly signed up for a deal they criticised as unambitious.


EXCLUSIVE - Pentagon delays new "bunker buster" bomb

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 06:32 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A "bunker buster" bomb with more than 10 times the explosive power of its predecessor will be put into service by the United States next December, six months later than previously scheduled, the U.S. Defense Department told Reuters on Friday.


FACTBOX - Main points of the Copenhagen Accord

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:51 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama reached a climate agreement on Friday with India, South Africa, China and Brazil. The deal outlined fell far short of the ambitions for the Copenhagen summit.


ANALYSIS - Climate deal gives Obama limited victory

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:44 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A climate deal negotiated by the United States and other major carbon polluters will allow President Barack Obama to claim a limited victory, but enough to breathe new life into efforts to pass legislation in Congress.


Merkel, Brown accept Copenhagen deal, wanted more

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:44 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown accepted a Copenhagen climate deal on Saturday, but said they had wanted more.


Florida man sentenced for threat to kill Obama

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:44 PM PST

MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. federal court judge sentenced a Florida man to three years in prison on Friday for threatening to kill President Barack Obama in an email that said "The blood of Obama will run down the streets."


ANALYSIS - Climate deal won't cap warming, big gaps

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:44 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A climate deal among world leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama puts off many tough decisions until 2010 and sets the planet on track to overshoot goals for limiting global warming.


Obama reaches climate deal with emerging powers

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 03:50 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama forged a climate deal with emerging economic powers on Friday, breaking a deadlock at U.N.-led talks, but said the world still had "much further to go" in the fight against global warming.


All nations agree Copenhagen climate deal - Sarkozy

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 03:33 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - All countries agreed a deal to combat climate change at a summit in Copenhagen on Friday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said.


China sees positive result at U.N. summit

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 03:33 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - China's top climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua said that a U.N. climate summit on Friday had a positive result and that all should be happy.


Obama: Copenhagen 'a first step'

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 02:32 PM PST

US President Barack Obama has said more work needs to be done to build on progress made in Copenhagen to establish a global treaty on climate change.


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