2009年12月16日星期三

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UN climate negotiators look to US for fresh ideas (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:14 PM PST

COP15 president Connie Hedegaard attends a news conference during the UN Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen December 15, 2009. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (DENMARK - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS)AP - U.N. climate negotiators looked Wednesday to the United States to bring fresh ideas — perhaps in the form of extra billions of dollars — to try to salvage a bare-bones political agreement by the end of the week on controlling global warming.

Experts? In global discourse, loud prevails (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST

Danish riot police pushes back protestors during a demonstration outside the Bella Center, the venue of the U.N. climate change conference, in Copenhagen Wednesday Dec. 16, 2009. The largest and most important climate change conference is underway in Copenhagen, aiming to secure an agreement on how to protect the world from calamitous global warming. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - The leader of the Maldives, an Indian Ocean island nation whose very existence is threatened by global warming, was emphatic. "In all political agreements, you have to be prepared to negotiate," he said in Copenhagen this week. "But physics isn't politics."

Iran tests missile, stoking tensions with the West (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST

This photo released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), claims to show the launch of the high-speed surface-to-surface Sajjil-2 missile, by Iranian armed forces, at an undisclosed location on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Iran said Wednesday it has successfully tested what it called an upgraded version of its longest-range, solid-fuel missile. (AP Photo/ISNA,Vahid Reza Alaei)AP - Iran on Wednesday test fired an upgraded version of an advanced missile capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe, an apparent show of strength aimed at discouraging attacks on its nuclear facilities.

Madagascar coup leader calls for elections (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 02:04 PM PST

AP - The man who took power in Madagascar by force defied efforts to negotiate a solution to the island nation's political crisis by appearing on national TV Wednesday to issue a unilateral call for elections.

Demand for new states could change India's map (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 01:39 PM PST

In this Dec. 10, 2009 photo, supporters of the Telangana movement celebrate after the central government's decision to initiate the process of creating a separate Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh, at Osmania Universaity in Hyderabad, India. The Indian government's surprise decision last week to give in to a hunger strike and create a new state in southern India has inspired a flood of demands from ethnic minorities and activists in economically deprived regions for states of their own. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)AP - From scores fasting in demand of a new state in India's hilly northeast to a powerful chief minister suggesting her region be split up, the map of the nation is facing an overhaul.

Study: Muslims Feel They're Being Shut Out of European Society (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 02:15 AM PST

Time.com - A newly published report by the Open Society Institute details the complex relationship between Muslims and Europe

Court: UK is hiding info already made public (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:48 PM PST

AP - Details of U.S. interrogation techniques that Britain is fighting to keep secret are no different from what has already been made public by President Barack Obama, according to parts of a U.K. court ruling that were declassified Wednesday.

Palestinian village caught amid Israel settlements (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:59 PM PST

AP - The head of this Palestinian village can't scan the horizon without being reminded of everything his people have lost.

Brazil toddler has 50 sewing needles inside body (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:53 PM PST

In this frame taken from a TV Globo video, a person points at a X-ray of a 2-year-old boy showing needles inside his body in a hospital in Ibotirama, northern Brazil, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. A 2-year-old Brazilian boy has as many as 50 metal sewing needles inside his body and a doctor treating the boy said they were apparently stuck there one by one. (AP Photo/Agencia O Globo)AP - A 2-year-old boy has as many as 50 metal sewing needles inside his body, apparently stuck there one by one, a doctor treating him said Wednesday. Brazilian media said the boy's ex-stepfather was detained.

Criticized U.N.-backed Congo operation to shut down (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:11 PM PST

A U.N. soldier stands guard as residents gather for a visit by U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes in Dorouma, Congo, near the border with Sudan, February 9, 2009. REUTERS/T.J. Kirkpatrick/PoolReuters - A U.N.-backed military operation in eastern Congo in which government soldiers are accused of massacring hundreds of civilians will end this month, the top U.N. official in Congo said on Wednesday.

US to expand eyes in the sky over Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST

This undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Lt. Col.. Leslie Pratt, US Air Force)AP - The U.S. military is adding more drones and expanding its video surveillance in the skies over Afghanistan to meet the needs of American forces as 30,000 more troops head into the war zone, a top Air Force general said Wednesday.

Global housing crisis? What crisis? Vancouver asks (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 07:50 AM PST

Reuters - When Bob Stark bid on a loft apartment in a trendy Vancouver neighborhood in June this year, he wasn't expecting competition.

Activists dodge Japanese whaling fleet after skirmish (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 03:35 AM PST

This handout photo released by the Sea Shepherd Society shows the Japanese ship Shonan Maru No. 2 in the seas off Antarctica on December 14. Militant anti-whaling activists said they were dodging a Japanese surveillance ship in icebergs near Antarctica, following their first skirmish with whalers during the annual hunt.(AFP/HO/Barbara Veiga)AFP - Militant anti-whaling activists said they were dodging a Japanese surveillance ship in icebergs near Antarctica on Wednesday, following their first skirmish with whalers during the annual hunt.

Pakistan's Supreme Court throws wrench into terror fight (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:23 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's Supreme Court struck down a political amnesty law Wednesday and ordered corruption cases against the country's pro-Western President, Asif Ali Zardari, and thousands of other politicians reopened.

Closing largest Kurdish party DTP, Turkey could stall reform efforts (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 10:28 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The government's introduction in recent months of a political reform package has increased hope that Turkey is on its way to finally implementing a civilian â€" rather than military â€" solution to its decades-long Kurdish problem, one that has cost an estimated 40,000 lives since 1984 and has stood as a roadblock along Turkey's road to democratization.

India's Trash Pickers Keep Global Warming in Check (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 10:23 AM PST

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (The Advocacy Project/New America Media) - As governments struggle to develop an international plan for combating climate change, a new report from a leading Indian environmental group has found that informal recycling makes a huge but unappreciated contribution towards the reduction of greenhouse gases.

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