Australia keeps 5 to 25 pct CO2 cut range for accord

Australia keeps 5 to 25 pct CO2 cut range for accord

Australia keeps 5 to 25 pct CO2 cut range for accord

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:08 AM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia will stick to its 5 to 25 percent emissions cut range as part of a global commitment to fight climate change under the controversial "Copenhagen accord", the government said on Wednesday.


Britain's Brown stays in N.Ireland for more talks

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:08 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will remain in Northern Ireland on Wednesday morning to try to salvage a deal to keep the province's power-sharing government in place after making progress during all-night crisis talks, his office said.


Would world economy miss the financial 'froth'?

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:08 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - The political backlash against profligate global banks is underway; regulators everywhere are sizing up "hot" cross-border money flows; and capital controls in developing economies are back in vogue. Financial globalisation, in short, is on the back foot.


Two Koreas trade fire; North warns and shoots again

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:08 AM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near their disputed sea border on Wednesday, highlighting instability along a heavily armed frontier for the second time in three months.


Two Koreas trade fire; North warns of more

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:39 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near their disputed sea border on Wednesday, highlighting instability along a heavily armed frontier for the second time in three months.


Political leaders gather in Davos

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:46 PM PST

Political leaders and thousands of business executives are meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, trying to find ways of boosting the fragile global economy.


Nato appoints new Afghan civilian rep

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 09:06 PM PST

Nato has appointed a new civilian representative in Afghanistan with stronger powers to coordinate reconstruction and work closely with the military.


Obama to recast agenda to focus on jobs, deficit

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After his worst political setback since he took office a year ago, President Barack Obama will vow to revive U.S. job growth and tame skyrocketing budget deficits in a crucial speech on Wednesday.


China says no curb on Google mobile technology

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China sought to head off concerns about curbs on Google phone technology on Wednesday, as U.S. business groups urged Washington to tackle "alarming" measures against foreign high-tech companies in China.


Q+A: Get ready for retooled Obama agenda

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stung by political setbacks and a drop in the polls, President Barack Obama will use his State of the Union speech on Wednesday to retool his agenda with a more populist tone and address Americans' concerns about the economy, jobs and deficits.


U.S. climate control supporters focus on job creation

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The four-letter word that will dominate U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday -- jobs -- could be the savior for faltering climate control legislation, or at least that's environmentalists' latest hope.


North Korea warns South of more artillery firing

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea confirmed it fired artillery on Wednesday near a disputed sea border with the South as a part of military drills and warned that there would be more.


China, Taiwan to speed up broad trade pact

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Taiwan agreed to speed up the process of negotiating a broad free trade-style agreement at preliminary talks this week, a Beijing official said on Wednesday.


Geithner, New York Fed defend actions on AIG payments

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:08 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner denied any role in disclosures about American International Group's payments to banks and defended his decisions as New York Federal Reserve chief to pay full price to retire AIG credit default swaps.


China, Taiwan to speed up broad trade pact

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:08 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Taiwan agreed to speed up the process of negotiating a broad free trade-style at preliminary talks this week, a Beijing official said on Wednesday.


Obama approved secret operations in Yemen - Post

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:08 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama approved secret joint U.S. military and intelligence operations with Yemeni troops that began six weeks ago and killed six regional al Qaeda leaders, The Washington Post reported.


Australia opposition eyeing voluntary CO2 cuts plan

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:08 PM PST

SINGAPORE/CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's main opposition coalition, which has repeatedly blocked attempts to pass carbon trading laws, is eyeing a voluntary scheme based on buying up cheap offsets as a way to break the deadlock.


Indonesian group wants Obama statue torn down

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 09:39 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesians, who welcomed Barack Obama as one of their own two years ago, now want a statue commemorating his Jakarta school years to be removed, a sign the U.S. president's global appeal may be waning.


Two Koreas trade fire, spooks markets

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 08:31 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near their disputed sea border on Wednesday, the second time in three months the rivals have clashed and briefly sending prices down on jittery Seoul financial markets.


FACTBOX - Key facts about Philippine elections in May

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 08:00 PM PST

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