Global climate talks kick off in China

Global climate talks kick off in China

Global climate talks kick off in China

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:29 PM PDT

Representatives from about 200 countries start meeting on Monday in China to narrow differences on climate change and grapple with extreme weather such as rising temperatures and melting polar icecaps.

Mexican police investigate abduction of 22

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 07:41 PM PDT

Mexican police have identified 22 people who were kidnapped by gunmen in the Pacific resort town of Acapulco, and have found four cars they were riding in, state media reported.

TV race row over Queen's N.Zealand representative (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:44 PM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (R) grants New Zealand Governor-General Anand Satyanand (L) the accolade of knighthood in Buckingham Palace, London. A New Zealand broadcaster sparked a race row Monday when he publicly questioned Prime Minister John Key about whether Satyanand's was a proper New Zealander.(AFP/Pool/File/Johnny Green)AFP - A New Zealand broadcaster sparked a race row Monday when he publicly questioned Prime Minister John Key about whether the country's ethnic minority governor general was a proper New Zealander.

UN climate talks in China warned action is needed (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:58 PM PDT

A power plant in smoke stack is seen in Beijing. Gridlocked UN talks on climate change have restarted in China with a warning that feuding countries had to immediately end their fighting and broker a deal.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Gridlocked UN talks on climate change restarted in China on Monday with a warning that feuding countries had to immediately end their fighting and broker a deal.

Syria orders arrests in Hariri case

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:55 PM PDT

Warrants issued for 33 people over "false testimony" to investigators in 2005 case of former Lebanese PM's slaying.


Brazil election goes to second round

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:29 PM PDT

Brazil's presidential election will go to a second round after Dilma Rousseff failed to win an outright victory in Sunday's voting.


The Great Currency Debate

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:27 PM PDT

On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, which


Lima to have first female mayor ever (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:19 PM PDT

AP - A moderate leftist looked Sunday night to be headed by a narrow margin to becoming Lima's first elected female mayor.


"Promise You'll Never Put Me In A Home."

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:19 PM PDT

The decision to place an aging parent in a nursing home can be fraught with guilt. Make the choice e


The Politics of Rare Earth

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:16 PM PDT

Earlier this week, the U.S. Senate held hearings on a bill to?jumpstart?domestic production of "rare


Recommended China Books

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:09 PM PDT

Since first taking Chinese classes in the late 80s I have read and accumulated a large collection of


Turning down Gates & Buffett: Philanthropy in China requires For-Profit Social Enterprises

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:05 PM PDT

Philanthropy in China today won't come from the super-rich and follow the classic model that we've s


In Northern Iraq, a Population Census Raises Tensions (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:40 PM PDT

Time.com - Everyone from the Kurds to the Arabs to the Turkmen wants a big share of Kirkuk, the ancient but oil-soaked Iraqi city. But a census may give the Kurds the best argument to take it all


Climate change talks open in China (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 09:51 PM PDT

AP - China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, opened a U.N. conference on climate change Monday aimed at narrowing differences before a major year-end meeting in Mexico.


How China and India Displaced the West in Sri Lanka (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:40 PM PDT

Time.com - When the U.S., Britain and France called for human rights probe into Sri Lankan counterinsurgency efforts, they turned to powerful neighbors for help


Deadly fighting hits Somali capital

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:52 PM PDT

At least eight people killed in Mogadishu as fighting continues between al-Shabab and government forces.


Floods kill six in central Vietnam: government (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 09:08 PM PDT

File photo shows a motorcyclist riding along an inundated street in central Hanoi. Floods caused by heavy weekend rain killed six people in central Vietnam, the government said on Monday.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)AFP - Floods caused by heavy weekend rain killed six people in central Vietnam, the government said on Monday.

Madoff's House- Bad Price or Bad Mojo?

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 09:09 PM PDT

The ?five-bedroom, seven-bathroom house is relatively understated as Palm Beach waterfront mansions


Lady Godiva Was A Supply Sider

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 08:54 PM PDT

No country wins in a depreciation contest. Yet here we go again.


Ethnic divide in Guinea widens, threatens election (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 09:01 PM PDT

In this Sept. 10, 2010 photo, Ibrahima Diallo, left, sits on his bed in the municipal hospital in Conakry, Guinea, next to Mory Keita, 25. The two, from different ethnic groups, were injured on the same day in the spasm of pre-election violence that swept Conakry last month. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - Ibrahima Diallo spends his days in Bed No. 7 of the municipal hospital here, waiting for the bones in his face to glue themselves back together. His teeth are tied shut, so it is hard for him to talk — but even if he could, he'd have little to say to the patient in Bed No. 8.
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