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Commonwealth talks boost hopes of climate deal
PORT OF SPAIN (AFP) - Hopes were rising Saturday that a new global climate pact is within reach after rich nations at a Commonwealth summit offered to help poorer countries bear the costs of implementing any deal.
November 28, 2009, 11:26 pm -
CHOGM talks boost climate deal hopes
Hopes rose that a new global climate pact was within reach after rich nations at a Commonwealth summit offered to help poorer countries bear the costs.
November 28, 2009, 9:47 pm -
White House crashers met Obama
The two aspiring reality TV stars who gatecrashed a state dinner this week met US President Barack Obama at the event, a new White House photograph shows.
November 28, 2009, 5:26 pm -
Rudd shrugs off climate woes at CHOGM
PM Kevin Rudd says "political will" exists to approve a climate change deal at the Copenhagen UN summit, despite his own legislation being bogged in the Senate.
November 28, 2009, 3:59 pm -
Gatecrashers met Obama, Secret Service 'embarrassed'
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The two aspiring reality TV stars who gatecrashed a state dinner this week met President Barack Obama at the event, a White House photograph showed.
November 28, 2009, 1:30 pm -
Russia, U.S. likely to miss deadline on arms pact
MINSK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Russia are unlikely to finish a pact to cut Cold War arsenals of nuclear weapons by a December 5 deadline but still aim to close the deal by year-end, Russian and U.S. sources said Friday.
November 28, 2009, 8:59 am -
Cuba repels mock US attacks in major war games
HAVANA (AFP) - Cuban President Raul Castro ordered his troops to "never give up" on Friday as his Caribbean island nation carried out war games designed to train for the possibility of a US attack.
November 28, 2009, 7:44 am -
Obama to host Rudd for White House talks
US President Barack Obama will host Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Monday, a day before announcing his revamped Afghanistan war strategy.
November 28, 2009, 7:12 am -
Russia, U.S. to sign arms pact, may miss deadline
MINSK (Reuters) - The United States and Russia will sign a deal this year to cut vast Cold War arsenals of nuclear weapons but may miss an early December deadline, a Kremlin source told Reuters on Friday.
November 28, 2009, 4:22 am -
Signs emerge for progress in Myanmar: EU envoy
ROME (AFP) - Opportunities are emerging for a breakthrough in the political stalemate in military-ruled Myanmar, including the possibility of talks with the junta, and they must not be missed, an EU envoy said Friday.
November 28, 2009, 4:18 am -
Governor of Afghanistan's Kandahar survives bomb
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The governor of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province survived a bomb strike on his motorcade while heading to prayers for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday on Friday, a spokesman said.
November 27, 2009, 8:28 pm -
Karzai reaches out to Afghan Taliban on holiday
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai reached out to the Taliban on Friday, part of a call for reconciliation that the palace says will be the main focus of his second term that began last week.
November 27, 2009, 7:02 pm -
UN, France get climate debate rolling
UN chief Ban Ki-moon and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will fire early shots in the global climate debate at the Commonwealth summit opening in Trinidad.
November 27, 2009, 2:51 pm -
Cuba begins war games with U.S. invasion in mind
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba began its biggest military Manoeuvres in five years on Thursday, saying they were needed to prepare for a possible invasion by the United States.
November 27, 2009, 2:17 pm -
White House crashers 'did nothing wrong'
The couple who crashed a White House dinner for the visiting Indian PM shouldn't need legal help, a lawyer who knows them said.
November 27, 2009, 10:41 am -
Commonwealth bids to shape climate talks
The Commonwealth is trying to shape the direction of upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen by inviting top outside leaders to a weekend summit in Trinidad.
November 27, 2009, 10:34 am -
Sarkozy hails US, Chinese climate proposals
MANAUS, Brazil (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in Brazil Thursday for a one-day meeting on climate change and Amazon forest conservation, hailed new US and Chinese proposals on combating global warming as "extremely encouraging."
November 27, 2009, 10:20 am -
Cuba conducts war games with U.S. invasion in mind
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba began its biggest military manoeuvres in five years on Thursday, saying they were needed to prepare for a possible invasion by the United States.
November 27, 2009, 10:01 am -
Rudd heads to Caribbean for CHOGM talks
Climate change is at the top of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's agenda for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago.
November 27, 2009, 9:15 am
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