Signs of New Life as U.N. Searches for a Climate Accord The New York Times | WASHINGTON — Critics and supporters alike agree that the U.N. forum for negotiating international climate change policies is an ungainly mess, its annual gatherings marked by discord, disarray and brinkmanship. Related | Times Topic: World Economic Forum (Davos) | Each year, exhausted delega...
Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address WorldNews.com (Transcript of President Obama's State of the Union Address) | Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: | Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq. Together, we offered a final, pr...
Key hits stride with Crafar farms decision NZ Herald | The Crafar decision is a victory for economic rationalism over blind xenophobic nationalism. Long may the former reign. | Instead of bowing to whipped-up public pressure (which it can't do anyway without breaking the law and marring New Zealand's i...
Ads are targeting alcopops drinkers on trainer wheels, says expert Canberra Times | A TWO-LITRE cask of Irish cream and butterscotch liqueur, a pack of 28 brightly coloured shots with flavours such as "chocolate banana split", and free nail polish with every bottle of sparkling wine. | Easy-to-drink products along with social medi...
Kyrgyzstan has energy crisis during very cold winter The Washington Times | BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan’s Soviet-era electrical system has been pushed beyond its limits in recent weeks, as temperatures in this Central Asian nation have hit record lows of minus-13 degrees Fahrenheit. | Officials have blamed...
Doing Afghan Drugs CounterPunch | Drug addicts are pathetic but sometimes happy people. They are pitiable in their hopeless enslavement to something that dominates and will probably kill them, but seem content in a warped sort of way because they can be taken out of their bleak a...
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Pakistan PM Gilani faces contempt case at Supreme Court BBC News Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani has arrived at the country's Supreme Court amid tight security to face contempt proceedings. | The court initiated the case over Mr Gilani's refusal...
UN names new advisor for Cambodia Khmer Rouge trials BBC News The United Nations has named a new special expert to advise on assistance to the Khmer Rouge trials in Cambodia. | David Scheffer, the former US ambassador-at-large for war crime i...
EU takes legal action against Hungary Al Jazeera | The European Union's executive body says it will take legal action against the Hungarian government for failing to make disputed reform laws comply with EU legisla...
Egyptians march to honour 'Friday of Rage' Al Jazeera | Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered for marches across the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to mark the first anniversary of the "Friday of Rage", a key day in the uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak last year. | Demonstrators be...
Another Rough Year Ahead for Indonesian Press Jakarta Globe If violence and intimidation was the order of the day for Indonesia’s journalists in 2011, this year is shaping up to be no better, press freedom advocates and pundits contend. | On Wednesday, France-based watchdog Reporters Without Borders release...
Irish may try IRA veteran over North Korean scam Atlanta Journal | DUBLIN — A Dublin judge says an IRA veteran accused of laundering counterfeit U.S. $100 bills on behalf of North Korea could face trial in Ireland. Election 2012: Across the nation | Hispanics in focus as GOP race intensifies in Fla. Tired an...
Jonathan urges Boko Haram to state demands Al Jazeera | Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged Boko Haram to identify themselves and state clearly their demands as a basis for talks. | "If they clearly identify themselves now and say this is the reason why we are resisting, this is the reason why we are confronting government or this is the reason why we destroy some innocent people and t...
UK wants stronger, deeper ties with India: Hague Zeenews London: Noting that India is making its mark on the global economy with electrifying skill, innovation and dynamism, British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that now is the time to make a "stronger, wider and deeper" relationship with India. | "We want a relationship between India and Britain that is stronger, wider, and deeper," Hague sai...
