How much EU countries committing to climate fund
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European Union leaders agreed at a summit Friday to come up with $3.6 billion a year through 2012, or a total of $10.8 billion over three years, to help pay developing nations to cut emissions and adapt to climate...
For Iraq, Afghanistan and us, decade of war
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It was early April 2003. The city of Mosul in northern Iraq was in free fall. The holdout units of Saddam Hussein's military had abandoned their posts sometime during the night. By midmorning, looters were helping...
Top UN official in Afghanistan to leave in March
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The top U.N. official in Afghanistan said Friday he will not renew his contract when it expires in March after a two-year tenure marred by controversy over his handling of the country's fraud-marred presidential...
Iranian hard-liners hold pro-government rallies
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Thousands of Iranian government supporters staged rallies Friday to denounce opposition students who burned photos of the country's supreme leader in protests this week. At marches in Tehran and other cities after...
NATO officials: Russian should give Afghan arms
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NATO plans to ask Russia to contribute more to the escalating Afghan war by donating AK-47 assault rifles, grenade launchers, artillery, armored vehicles and other weapons to the expanding Afghan army, officials said...
Chinese official calls US negotiator irresponsible
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China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei has lashed out at the top U.S. climate negotiator, saying he either lacks common sense or is "extremely irresponsible." He was responding to comments by U.S. climate envoy Todd...
Pope will write letter to Irish Catholics on abuse
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Pope Benedict XVI is deeply disturbed by a child sex-abuse scandal in Ireland and will write a letter to Catholics there on the church's response to a report that found the church shielded more than 100 child-abusing...
Pope, Vietnamese president try for closer ties
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The Vatican called a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the president of Vietnam on Friday "a significant stage" in efforts for closer ties between the communist country and the Holy See. President Nguyen Minh Triet...
EU nations commit $3.6 billion to climate fund
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EU leaders agreed Friday to commit euro2.4 billion ($3.6 billion) a year until 2012 to help poorer countries combat global warming, as they sought to rescue their image as climate change innovators and bolster the talks...
Hurdles remain even if climate deal is reached
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For Indonesian farmers, burning down rain forests is the cheapest and fastest way to clear land for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations. The millions of acres they burn every year has made their Southeast Asian...
Australia threatens Japan over whaling program
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Australia's prime minister threatened legal action against Japan on Friday if it does not stop its research whaling program that kills up to 1,000 whales a year. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's comments came as the...
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Afghan police say 2 officers, 3 civilians killed by suicide bomber on a motorcycle. ...
Guinea's No. 2 warns army to remain disciplined
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The No. 2 of Guinea's military junta said Friday that the army has to change and a lack of discipline won't be tolerated. Gen. Sekouba Konate addressed the Guinean army more than a week after a renegade soldier tried...
Police: Body of Cyprus president stolen from grave
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Grave robbers stole the corpse of former Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos after digging up his coffin on the eve of the first anniversary of the statesmen's death, police said Friday. A light-gray substance was...
New Berlin airport to be named "Willy Brandt"
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Officials say Berlin's new airport will be named after Willy Brandt, the former West German leader who championed East-West relations and won the Nobel Peace Prize. The new airport _ an expansion of the former East...
Decision to create new Indian state sparks protest
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Protesters took to the streets Friday, setting public buses on fire and clashing with police, in anger over India's decision to carve a new state out of the southern region of Andhra Pradesh. The conflict highlighted...
Nobel award in hand, Obama faces hard work at home
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With a Nobel Peace Prize in hand, President Barack Obama is returning to the grind of governing, refocusing on his top domestic priority as the Senate moves toward a pivotal moment on legislation to remake the nation's...
Uganda government outlaws female circumcision
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Uganda's parliament has approved a bill banning female genital mutilation. Minister of Ethics and Integrity James Nsaba Buturo said that the new law, passed without opposition late Thursday, could give offenders a life...
Romania's court orders void votes re-examined
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Romania's Constitutional Court on Friday ordered a re-examination of ballots declared void in Sunday's presidential election amid allegations of widespread fraud. Losing candidate Mircea Geoana says his Social...
Former Madagascar president stuck in Mozambique
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A former Madagascar president says he has been unable to return to his homeland since participating in talks in Mozambique that angered Madagascar's current leader. Attempts to reach Albert Zafy in Maputo were...
Mugabe says divisions have weakened his party
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Zimbabwe's president says infighting is destroying the party that has kept him in power for nearly three decades. Robert Mugabe told about 10,000 delegates at a gathering of his ZANU-PF party Friday that the divisions...
Filipino abductors free 10 more hostages, hold 47
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Government-armed former militiamen freed 10 more hostages seized in the remote southern Philippines, and their leader demanded Friday that murder charges against them be dropped before they release 47 others. The...
Zelaya will leave Brazil Embassy by Jan. 27
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Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says he will leave the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras by Jan. 27, when his presidential term ends, according to an interview broadcast Friday. Zelaya said in the telephone...
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French leader says EU agrees to reduce emissions by 30 percent of 1990 levels by 2020. ...
Sri Lankan war allies, now political enemies
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Just a few months ago, Sri Lanka's president and its army chief were strong allies, working closely together to defeat the Tamil Tiger rebels and end the nation's 25-year civil war. Now the two men hailed as national...
Defense secy tells US troops Iraq mission critical
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told American troops Friday in this oil-rich northern city that their mission in Iraq remains critical despite the nation's focus on Afghanistan and that plans are on track to reduce...
Assailants vandalize West Bank mosque
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Assailants vandalized a Palestinian mosque early Friday, burning prayer carpets and holy books, and leaving behind Hebrew graffiti indicating the rampage was the work of settlers angry over Israel's plans to curb...
Thai spy pardoned by Cambodian king amid tensions
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Cambodia's king pardoned a Thai man Friday three days after he was sentenced to seven years in prison for spying on Thailand's fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a case that soured relations between the...
Top UN official in Afghanistan to resign
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Norwegian news agency NTB says the top United Nations official in Afghanistan is stepping down from his post. NTB quotes Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide as saying that he has asked Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to begin...
High-profile Chinese dissident is indicted
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A high-profile dissident who has called for political reform in China has been indicted on subversion charges and will likely be tried within four to six weeks, his lawyer said Friday. Liu Xiaobo, 53, is a literary...
US Marines train illiterate farmers to be police
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The U.S. Marines were tense looking for bombs buried near a mud compound in this remote farming town in southern Afghanistan. Their new Afghan police colleagues were little help, joking around and sucking on lollipops...
NKorea says it understands need for nuclear talks
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North Korea said Friday it will work with the United States to resolve unspecified differences remaining after rare high-level talks with President Barack Obama's envoy aimed at restarting international nuclear...
Israel arrests Palestinian barrier protest leader
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A leader of the most persistent Palestinian protest movement against Israel's West Bank separation barrier was asleep in his home when troops broke down his door and arrested him. Supporters of Abdullah Abu Rahmeh, a...
Secretary Gates predicts more sanctions for Iran
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates predicted significant international sanctions would be levied against Iran, and he reiterated that all options, including military action, must stay on the table. But, Gates added, "any...
German minister visits area of Afghan airstrike
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Germany's defense minister on Friday traveled to a northern Afghan region where a September airstrike is believed to have killed many civilians, an attack that has caused political turbulence in Berlin. Karl-Theodor zu...
Australia issues shipping alert over giant iceberg
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Australia's Bureau of Meteorology issued a shipping alert Friday after a massive iceberg was spotted 1,100 miles (1,700 kilometers) off the country's southwestern coast. Glaciologist Neal Young of the Australian...
US military: US soldier dies in Iraq
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The U.S. military says an American soldier in Iraq has died of injuries unrelated to combat. The military says the Multi-National Corps-Iraq soldier died Thursday. A military statement says the name of the soldier is...
Activist: China black jail guard convicted of rape
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A guard at an unofficial detention center in Beijing was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for raping a young female detainee, an activist said, in a case that put a spotlight on "black jails" that hold a...
8 killed in separate attacks in Mexican state
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At least seven federal police officers and a civilian were killed in Michoacan state in several attacks by gunmen against federal agents in less than 24 hours, state prosecutors said. Two federal agents were killed...
OAS court condemns Mexico probes of women slayings
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The Interamerican Court of Human Rights has criticized Mexico for a lack of diligence in investigating the slayings of three young women in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez. The court, which issued the ruling...
Taiwan says no to Tiger Woods-style animated news
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Taiwanese regulators have turned down an application for a television license from a Hong Kong company whose local affiliate conquered the Internet earlier this month with a fanciful video of golf star Tiger Woods'...
Street vendor resigns as Mexico City borough chief
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An eccentric street vendor known for his Rambo-style headband resigned Thursday as chief of Mexico City's most populous borough, nine days after he and several of his supporters took over the borough's headquarters. ...
Nobel-winning Obama defends war in call for peace
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Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war. Eleven months into his presidency, a fresh Obama doctrine. Evil must be vigorously opposed, he declared as...
Documentary peeks at Fidel Castro's human side
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson took him to church for the first time in 27 years. Home run legend Hank Aaron asked him for autographed baseballs. Literary great Gabriel Garcia Marquez gave him a copy of "Dracula" that kept him...
Mexican journalists create group against attacks
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Mexican journalists have formed an advocacy group in response to attacks on reporters. The group is called the Reporters' National Front in Defense of Freedom of Expression and was announced Thursday by journalists...
Ecuador: US helped Colombia attack on FARC chief
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Intelligence obtained by U.S. forces based in Ecuador helped Colombia's military locate the senior rebel commander killed in a cross-border raid by Colombian troops last year, a government commission said Thursday. The...
Argentine ex-spy on trial in deaths of French nuns
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A former navy spy goes on trial Friday in the torture deaths of two French nuns, a journalist and three founders of a human rights group that he infiltrated during Argentina's military dictatorship. Known as the blond...
EU seeks to preserve united front on climate
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The EU's self-proclaimed position as global leader in the fight against climate change was rocked Thursday by the bloc's failure to agree on how much they are willing to pay as a continent to help poor countries cope...
Bahamas man charged with robbing Segway tours
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A 21-year-old man has been charged with robbing two groups of cruise ship passengers with a shotgun as they toured the capital of Nassau on Segways. Court officials say Dekota Von Lockhart of Nassau was arraigned...
Swedish company controls Nobel ceremony footage
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When President Barack Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, a single Swedish company controlled the dissemination of his words. Obama's speech was recorded exclusively by Norwegian national television and...