EXCLUSIVE - Danish draft urges 50 pct global emission cut by 2050

EXCLUSIVE - Danish draft urges 50 pct global emission cut by 2050

EXCLUSIVE - Danish draft urges 50 pct global emission cut by 2050

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 01:11 AM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The world should cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels with the bulk of the reduction coming from rich countries, according to a draft proposal by Denmark, host of Dec 7-18 U.N. climate talks.


Dalai Lama says climate change needs global action

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 01:11 AM PST

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tibet's exiled Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama entered the climate change debate on Monday, urging governments to take serious action and put global interests ahead of domestic concerns.


Thai king to make rare appearance on birthday

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:54 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej will appear in public on Saturday at Bangkok's Grand Palace on his 82nd birthday, but his traditional birthday eve address has been postponed indefinitely, palace officials said.


Australia's carbon laws face delay, poll possible

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:54 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's key policy to fight global warming limped closer to defeat on Monday with parliament set to delay or reject the government's carbon emissions trade scheme, raising the chances of an early election.


Iran expands naval clout in Gulf - U.S. naval study

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:11 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran has restructured its naval forces to give an arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard full responsibility for operations in the strategic Persian Gulf in the event of a conflict, according to a new U.S. intelligence study.


Q+A - Why is China opposed to raising pressure on Iran?

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:11 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Iran announced plans on Sunday to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in a major expansion of its atomic programme, just two days after the U.N. nuclear watchdog rebuked it for carrying out such work in secret.


Australian climate row highlights Copenhagen rifts

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:11 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's major rivers are shrinking and farms are gripped by drought as scientists warn of climate change, but that has not convinced some sceptical politicians to back carbon-trade laws.


Muslim prilgrimage ends with handful of flu cases

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:57 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - The annual Muslim haj pilgrimage has ended without the major flu outbreak feared by some experts and with only five deaths from the H1N1 flu virus out of 73 recorded cases, the Saudi health minister said.


Thai king's birthday address postponed - palace

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:41 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A traditional birthday eve address by Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4, has been postponed indefinitely, the royal palace said on Monday.


Nazi death camp trial begins

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:08 PM PST

After a 32-year legal battle, John Demjanjuk will face charges of helping to murder more than 27,000 Jews at the Sobibor concentration camp, at a court in Munich on Monday.


Dubai banks given extra liquidity

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:13 PM PST

The UAE central bank says it will offer banks extra liquidity, as the troubled stock market there prepares to reopen.


Report urges sanctions against Sudan ruling party

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:11 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and other world powers should impose sanctions on key members of the Sudanese government for refusing to end violence in Darfur and south Sudan, a report by an anti-genocide group said on Monday.


Saudi crown prince ends treatment, back soon -son

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:11 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz is in "excellent health" after being treated for an illness and will return home "after a few weeks", his son, Prince Khaled bin Sultan, was quoted as saying.


Hajj pilgrimage comes to an end

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 09:18 PM PST

The biggest annual pilgrimage in the world has just finished in Saudi Arabia.


Cocaine 'central' to Bolivia election

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 07:57 PM PST

Bolivia's President, Evo Morales, is starting his re-election campaign but the opposition says cocaine production has soared under his leadership.


Drop in smoking cuts cancer deaths in Europe

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 07:42 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - A decline in smoking in Europe and better screening mean fewer people are dying of cancer, but lung cancer deaths in women are rising in places like Scotland and Hungary where more women smoke, doctors said on Monday.


FEATURE - Sunshine, sewage to power cities of the future

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 07:42 PM PST

LILLE, France (Reuters) - "These are the three giant stomachs of Lille."


FACTBOX - Iran approves plan to build 10 new enrichment plants

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 07:42 PM PST

Here are some details about Iran's known nuclear sites:


Russia drafts 'post-Cold War' East-West security pact

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 07:42 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Sunday published its proposal for a new Euro-Atlantic security treaty that would restrict its ability to use military force unilaterally if the United States and its European allies agreed to do the same.


France and Rwanda restore diplomatic ties

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 07:42 PM PST

PARIS/KIGALI (Reuters) - France and Rwanda agreed to restore diplomatic relations after a three-year break on Sunday, straight after the central African nation finally joined the Commonwealth bloc and moved into the Anglophone sphere.


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