Stakes high as climate talks loom

Stakes high as climate talks loom

Stakes high as climate talks loom

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:07 PM PST

The long awaited UN conference trying to agree curbs on greenhouse gas emissions opens in Copenhagen on Monday.


Both candidates claim Romanian vote win

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:09 PM PST

Both candidates in the second round of Romania's presidential election have claimed victory.


Film to put Morocco on movie-making map

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:12 PM PST

Hollywood has been cashing in on Morocco's dramatic backdrops with some of the most recent successful films, including Star Wars and Sex and the City 2, being made there.


Stakes high as climate talks loom

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:07 PM PST

The long awaited UN conference trying to agree curbs on greenhouse gas emissions opens in Copenhagen on Monday.


Both candidates claim Romanian vote win

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:09 PM PST

Both candidates in the second round of Romania's presidential election have claimed victory.


Film to put Morocco on movie-making map

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:12 PM PST

Hollywood has been cashing in on Morocco's dramatic backdrops with some of the most recent successful films, including Star Wars and Sex and the City 2, being made there.


Romanian president takes the lead in presidential poll (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:40 PM PST

Romania's incumbent President Traian Basescu is given the romanian flag at Democratic-Liberal Party's headquarters on December 6 in Bucharest. Basescu was in the lead in the country's presidential election, according to partial results released on Monday.(AFP/Daniel Mihailescu)AFP - Romanian centre-right President Traian Basescu was in the lead in the country's presidential election, according to partial results released on Monday.

Pakistan court starts hearing case against amnesty (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:33 PM PST

The United States will launch a new effort to track down Osama bin Laden who is believed to be hiding in the mountains along the Afghan-Pakistan border, US National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones, pictured on December 4, said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)AP - Pakistan's Supreme Court began hearing a case Monday against an amnesty that had protected President Asif Ali Zardari and many key allies from graft charges.

Opposition figures arrested as Sudan bans rally (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 09:51 PM PST

Reuters - Riot police arrested two senior members of south Sudan's main party and their supporters who turned out to demonstrate outside Sudan's parliament on Monday in defiance of an official ban, a witness and officials said.


Iranian police surround university to prevent protest

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:21 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian riot police have surrounded Tehran University to prevent the opposition from hijacking a state-organised rally on Monday, a witness said.


FACTBOX - China's climate stance at Copenhagen

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:21 PM PST

Here are some details about China's stance at the talks, what the country has already promised to do to cut emissions and what it would like to see offered by developed nations:


Mongolian herders harness the sun for greener lives

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:21 PM PST

TUV AIMAK, Mongolia (Reuters Life!) - Often, the best eco-friendly initiatives stem out of necessity.


Iranian police surround university to prevent protest

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 10:06 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian riot police have surrounded Tehran University to prevent the opposition from hijacking a state-organized rally on Monday, a witness said.

Opposition figures arrested as Sudan bans rally

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 09:51 PM PST

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Riot police arrested two senior members of south Sudan's main party and their supporters who turned out to demonstrate outside Sudan's parliament on Monday in defiance of an official ban, a witness and officials said.

Clashes in Philippine martial law province: govt

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 07:32 PM PST

MANILA, Philippines -Rebel forces loyal to a powerful Muslim clan whose stronghold is under martial law in the southern Philippines have engaged troops in clashes, a senior government official said Monday.

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Clashes in Philippine martial law province: govt

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 04:21 PM PST

SHARIFF AGUAK, Philippines -Rebel forces loyal to a powerful Muslim clan whose stronghold is under martial law in the southern Philippines have engaged troops in clashes, a senior government official said Monday.

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Iraq poll preparation begins

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 11:13 AM PST

BAGHDAD - Iraq's electoral authorities will on Monday begin preparations for parliamentary polls early next year, after MPs finally approved a law governing the vote just minutes before a midnight deadline.

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Date for US drawdown needed for Afghans: Gates

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 09:34 AM PST

WASHINGTON -Setting a date for the start of a US withdrawal from Afghanistan conveys "a sense of urgency" to Kabul that American forces would not stay indefinitely, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said.

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'I'm A Celebrity' TV stars charged over rat risotto (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 09:45 PM PST

Two stars of hit British TV show AFP - Two stars of hit British TV show "I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!" are facing animal cruelty charges for killing and eating a rat during filming in Australia, activists said Monday.

Bolivia's Morales needs cash, know-how for bold plans

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 09:51 PM PST

LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's President Evo Morales wants to launch state-run paper and cement ventures and develop lithium, petrochemical and iron projects in his second term but a lack of foreign investment and know-how could hamper his ambitious plans.


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