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Poland's Walesa lashes out at China for calling off EU summit
Warsaw - Poland's former trade union leader Lech Walesa said Friday it was the height of insolence for China to call off a meeting with the European Union over French President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to meet the Dalai Lama in Poland. The Tibetan s...

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[Posted on : 2008-11-28 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Swedish archbishop: Faith can help in climate change efforts
Uppsala, Sweden - Faith traditions and religions can provide a key source of hope in global efforts to tackle climate change, Swedish Archbishop Anders Wejryd said Friday. Wejyryd was speaking as the host of a two-day meeting of some 30 religious lea...

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[Posted on : 2008-11-28 ] Category : [ Environment ]

Chaos and fear take over southern Brazil in the wake of rain - Feature
Rio de Janeiro/Florianopolis, Brazil - The deaths of at least 97 people and the evacuations of close to 80,000 have not been the only tragic consequences of heavy rain in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. In the wake of the natural cata...

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[Posted on : 2008-11-27 ] Category : [ Nature (Environment) ]

South African candidate for IAEA chief keys in on nuclear energy
Vienna - Abdul Samad Minty, South Africa's candidate to succeed Mohamed ElBaradei as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2009, said Thursday in Vienna he wanted the organization to focus on peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The I...

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[Posted on : 2008-11-27 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Rich EU states must make concessions on climate deal, Poland says
Brussels - The European Union's richest members must make concessions to their poorer peers if the bloc is to agree to a landmark deal on fighting climate change, a Polish minister insisted Thursday. We are as far from an agreement as we were in Oct...

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[Posted on : 2008-11-27 ] Category : [ Environment ]

Floods, landslides kill 97 in southern Brazil
Rio de Janeiro -At least 97 people have died in flooding and landslides in a southern Brazilian state since the weekend in one of the worst weather-related catastrophes to hit the South American country in decades, authorities said late Wednesday. Th...

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[Posted on : 2008-11-27 ] Category : [ Nature (Environment) ]

Climate changing faster than expected, adaption measures needed
Geneva - Climate change and its effects are occurring at a faster rate than scientists previously thought, a conservation group said Thursday, calling for governments to take action at an upcoming United Nations conference in Poland. We are now seei...

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[Posted on : 2008-11-27 ] Category : [ Environment ]

IAEA members approve nuclear aid for Syria despite Western concerns
Vienna - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) members on Wednesday approved nuclear aid for Syria, despite misgivings of several western countries that are concerned about Syria's alleged secret nuclear programme, according to a diplomat at the ...

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[Posted on : 2008-11-26 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Iran says it has more than 5,000 active centrifuges - Summary
Tehran - Chief of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Gholam- Reza Aqazadeh announced on Wednesday that more than 5,000 centrifuges are now actively running at the country's uranium enrichment plant, the official IRNA news agency reported. Currently w...

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[Posted on : 2008-11-26 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Europe's biggest wind energy park inugurated in Portugal
Lisbon - Portuguese Economy Minister Manuel Pinho on Wednesday inaugurated what was described as Europe's biggest wind energy park in the northern region of Viana do Castelo. The Alto Minho I park began generating energy already a year ago, gradually...

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[Posted on : 2008-11-26 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Bush welcomes approval of US-Iraqi security agreement - Summary

Beckham fails to pull crowds in New Zealand

White House lights Bush's final national Christmas tree

US stocks drop as carmakers seek bail-out, oil price hits new lows

SIDEBAR: Car execs trade jets for hybrids for second bail-out plea

Kurd militant seeks damages from Greece for imprisonment in Turkey

Jordan blasts allowing ultranationalist Jews to enter Muslim shrine

David Beckham fails to pull the crowds in New Zealand

Hamburg and Wolfsburg lead German advance; joy for Valencia - Summary

Cruise ship calls for help in Antarctica - Summary

German duo Hamburg and Wolfsburg advance in UEFA Cup

German Navy defuses suspected pirate attack on cruise ship

Canada's Harper staves off defeat; Conservatives charge treason

EXTRA: GM, Chrysler would consider merger as condition for bail-out

One climber dies on New Zealand peak, another saved - Summary

EXTRA: Palestinian Authority: settlers could end peace process

Bush purchases Dallas home for post-White House life

White House welcomes approval of US-Iraqi security agreement

In battle of the super-dolls, Barbie beats Bratz

US carmakers take bail-out plea before Congress - again - Summary