Miss. apartment fire kills 6 children, 3 women
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Fire gutted an apartment in a rundown complex Monday, killing three women and six children, including several family members taken in because they had nowhere else to go, officials and neighbors said.
Nations:India U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-12-28
Airline passengers see tighter security
Extra pat-downs before boarding. No getting up for the last hour of the flight. More bomb-sniffing dogs. Airports worldwide tightened security a day after a passenger tried to light some kind of explosive on a flight into Detroit.
Nations:Nigeria India Canada Denmark Sweden Activities:2009 Flight 253 Terrorism Plot Source:(AP)
2009-12-27
China defends role at Copenhagen
BEIJING (AFP) - China has defended its role at this month's climate change talks in Copenhagen, saying Premier Wen Jiabao played a key part in sealing an accord, after critics blamed Beijing for blocking negotiations.
Nations:China Denmark India Brazil South Africa People:Wen Jiabao Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting Source:(AFP)
2009-12-26
Britain blames China over 'farcical' climate talks
LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday accused countries of holding the UN climate summit to ransom as bitter recriminations swirled over the outcome of the negotiations.
Nations:China Denmark U.K. Bolivia India Brazil People:Gordon Brown Barack Obama Wen Jiabao Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting China-U.K.
2009-12-21
China: Climate talks yielded 'positive' results
BEIJING - China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, lauded Sunday the outcome of a historic U.N. climate conference that ended with a nonbinding agreement that urges major polluters to make deeper emissions cuts - but does not require it.
Nations:Denmark China India Brazil South Africa People:Ban Ki-moon Angela Merkel Fidel Castro Barack Obama Yang Jiechi Wen Jiabao Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting
2009-12-20
U.N. averts climate collapse by "noting" new deal
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.N. climate talks avoided a total collapse on Saturday by skirting bitter opposition from several nations to a deal championed by the U.S. President Barack Obama and five emerging economies including China.
Nations:Denmark India Brazil South Africa Bolivia Nicaragua People:Ban Ki-moon Barack Obama Wen Jiabao Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting Holocaust
2009-12-19
US aid offer boosts deal at UN climate talks
COPENHAGEN - Large pieces of a climate deal fell into place Thursday with new offers from the U.S. and China, but other tough issues remained before President Barack Obama and other leaders can sign off on a political accord to contain the threat of an overheated world.
Nations:Denmark U.S. Mexico India Australia China People:Nicolas Sarkozy Angela Merkel Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Wen Jiabao Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting
2009-12-17
Outcome unclear as leaders arrive at climate talks
COPENHAGEN - The success of the U.N. climate conference hung in the balance Tuesday as China and the U.S. deadlocked over whether Beijing will allow the world to check its books and verify promised cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
Nations:Denmark India U.S. People:Ban Ki-moon Gordon Brown Barack Obama Michael Bloomberg Al Gore Hillary Clinton Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting
2009-12-15
Developing countries boycott UN climate talks
COPENHAGEN - China, India and other developing nations boycotted U.N. climate talks on Monday, bringing negotiations to a halt with their demand that rich countries discuss much deeper cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions.
Nations:Denmark India Algeria Switzerland Netherlands Australia People:Gordon Brown Barack Obama Steven Chu Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting Source:(AP)
2009-12-14
EU pulls all-nighter to find climate aid cash
COPENHAGEN (AFP) - European leaders, bidding to increase pressure for a worldwide climate deal in Copenhagen, battled through the night to hammer down Friday a six-billion-euro aid package for poorer nations.
Nations:Denmark China Sweden France U.S. India People:Barack Obama Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting Source:(AFP)
2009-12-10
Secret Service puts 3 on leave over gate crashing
WASHINGTON - The head of the Secret Service asserted Thursday that the security breach at last week's White House state dinner was an aberration but has put three uniformed officers on leave. President Barack Obama says his confidence in the agency remains unshaken.
Nations:India People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 White House Party-crasher Source:(AP)
2009-12-03
Marines to be first wave in new Afghanistan plan
WASHINGTON - New infusions of U.S. Marines will begin moving into Afghanistan almost as soon as President Barack Obama announces a redrawn battle strategy, a plan widely expected to include more than 30,000 additional U.S. forces.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan India Denmark Poland Russia People:Kevin Rudd Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War
2009-12-01
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