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Obama presence vital at climate talks, UN official says
Bonn, Germany - US President Barack Obama's presence at next month's climate summit in the Danish capital Copenhagen is vital, a UN official said Wednesday in the German city of Bonn. Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Roman Polanski to be released on bail - Update
Bellinzona, Switzerland - A Swiss court said Wednesday that film director Roman Polanski can be released from prison on bail of 4.5 million Swiss francs (4.5 million dollars), but must stay under house arrest. The court judged that the bail offered ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Taliban leader rejects Karzai's call for peace talks
Kabul - The Taliban's fugitive leader, Mullah Omar, on Wednesday rejected the Afghan government's call for talks with Taliban-led insurgents. His statement came ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha and days after President Hamid Karzai renewed ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Obama to travel to Copenhagen climate summit
Washington - US President Barack Obama will be in Copenhagen during the early stages of a major UN summit on climate change, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing an administration official. Obama will be in Copenhagen on December 9, the day befo...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

Iraq not 'top of the list' of concerns over weapons, inquiry told
London - The regime of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was not top of the list of countries that caused international concern over weapons of mass destruction ahead of the 2003 invasion, a British inquiry into the conflict was told Wednesday. Of...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ UK (World) ]

1STLEAD: Netanyahu asks cabinet to okay settlement building freeze
Jerusalem/Ramallah - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his inner cabinet Wednesday to discuss plans for a 10-month freeze on Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank, but not in East Jerusalem. But even before the ministers m...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Family of six among 11 killed in fresh Iraq violence - Summary
Baghdad - A family of six was among the 11 people killed in a series of bloody attacks across Iraq on Wednesday. Men wearing the uniforms of Iraqi security forces burst into the family's home in the district of al-Tarmiya, north of Baghdad, early on ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Fight for treasured EU portfolios heats up - Feature
Brussels - Jose Manuel Barroso vowed to create a strong team Wednesday as European Union heavyweights vying for the bloc's most treasured portfolios piled pressure on the head of the European Commission. I am pleased to have received nominations f...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Hamas split over agreeing to prisoner swap with Israel - Summary
Gaza City/Jerusalem/Damascus - A delegation of top Hamas leaders from the Gaza Strip was in Syria Wednesday to consult with the Palestinian Islamist movement's exiled leadership over whether to accept Israel's latest offer for a prisoners swap. The d...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

German foreign minister: Further sanctions against Iran possible
Vienna - New sanctions against Iran are necessary in case the Islamic state does not come around in the nuclear dispute, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Wednesday in Vienna. If there is no result from negotiations and dialogue, the qu...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

 

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