US and China to reduce emissions, but not enough
AMSTERDAM - Even after the U.S. and China set targets this week for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the world's combined pledges ahead of next month's climate summit fall far short of what experts say is needed to avert dangerous global warming.
Nations:China India Denmark Canada Brazil Russia People:Stephen Harper Barack Obama George W. Bush Wen Jiabao Activities:China-U.S.
2009-11-27
Stocks slide on concerns about Dubai debt fallout
NEW YORK - This was the sideswipe investors had feared.
Nations:United Arab Emirates South Korea Activities:2009 Dubai Debt Crisis U.S. Markets
2009-11-27
Dubai debt fears remain focus in world markets
LONDON - European stock markets regained their poise Friday on hopes Wall Street would not be hit as hard as Asia by the news Dubai is having trouble handling its debt.
Nations:United Arab Emirates Brazil Russia South Korea Australia Activities:European Markets Source:(AP)
2009-11-27
Eleven more bodies found at Philippine massacre site
AMPATUAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Philippine security forces found 11 more bodies Wednesday at the site of an election-related massacre in the south of the country, taking the toll to 57 dead, officials said.
Nations:Philippines People:Ban Ki-moon Source:(Reuters)
2009-11-25
Obama meets Wen as China visit winds down
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama continued courting China in talks with Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday, opening an opportunity to press him on the economic and currency strains that have shadowed his goodwill visit.
Nations:North Korea South Korea People:Barack Obama Wen Jiabao Hu Jintao Activities:2009 Obama Asia Visit China-U.S.
2009-11-17
Obama wraps up China trip with PM talks, Great Wall
BEIJING (AFP) - US President Barack Obama wraps up his trip to China on Wednesday with a mix of diplomacy and sightseeing, meeting Premier Wen Jiabao for a working lunch and visiting the Great Wall.
Nations:North Korea China South Korea People:Lee Myung-Bak Barack Obama Kim Jong Il Wen Jiabao Hu Jintao Activities:2009 Obama Asia Visit China-U.S. Source:(AFP)
2009-11-17
Obama, Hu talk global challenges as world watches
BEIJING - Seeking help with an array of global troubles, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that his closely watched talks with his Chinese counterpart are vital not just for their nations but the world.
Nations:China North Korea India Brazil South Korea People:Barack Obama Hu Jintao Activities:2009 Obama Asia Visit China-U.S.
2009-11-16
Obama confronts an Asia reshaped by China's rise
BEIJING - Days after coming to power in September, Japan's new prime minister broached forming a new East Asian trading bloc with rival China - one that would exclude the United States.
Nations:Japan China Afghanistan South Korea Singapore North Korea People:Robert Gates Barack Obama George W. Bush Hu Jintao Activities:Japan-U.S. China-U.S.
2009-11-09
Iran tells U.N. it wants nuclear fuel first: envoys
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it wants fresh fuel for a reactor in Tehran before it will agree to ship most of its enriched uranium stocks to Russia and France, diplomats said Friday.
Nations:Russia France People:Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Ban Ki-moon Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis Source:(Reuters)
2009-10-30
Taliban kills UN staff in bloody countdown to Afghan polls
KABUL (AFP) - Taliban gunmen stormed a UN guesthouse in Kabul Wednesday, killing at least eight people in a suicide attack as the Islamist militia signalled a bloody countdown to new Afghan elections next week.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Ban Ki-moon Hillary Clinton Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AFP)
2009-10-28
Light sentence for disgraced Korean cloning scientist
Seoul, South Korea - South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk got a light sentence Monday for faking stem-cell research in a case that scandalized the scientific community and shocked Koreans who had elevated him to the status of a national hero.
Nations:South Korea Activities:2005 Korean Cloning Scandal Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2009-10-26
UN inspectors visit once-secret Iranian site
TEHRAN, Iran - U.N. inspectors entered a once-secret uranium enrichment facility with bunker-like construction and heavy military protection that raised Western suspicions about the extent and intent of Iran's nuclear program.
Nations:Iran Russia People:Ban Ki-moon Barack Obama Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-10-25
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