Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Copenhagen climate summit: UN optimistic about climate change deal - Telegraph.co.uk


Reuters


Copenhagen climate summit: UN optimistic about climate change deal

Telegraph.co.uk


Agreement on a new deal to bring global warming under control is well within range, governments and top UN officials insisted yesterday as the climate summit opened in Copenhagen. By Geoffrey Lean UN officials are optimistic about the chance of ...


G77 and China criticize West for shifting responsibility on climate change

Xinhua


Guardian Daily: Gordon Brown sets out Copenhagen goals

guardian.co.uk


Copenhagen summit welcomes US emissions curbs

BBC News


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Sunday, December 6, 2009

Copenhagen climate summit: Gordon Brown's climate change record attacked - Telegraph.co.uk


CBC.ca


Copenhagen climate summit: Gordon Brown's climate change record attacked

Telegraph.co.uk


Gordon Brown's environmental policies have come under attack as governments from around world meet to negotiate a new deal on climate change in Copenhagen. By Louise Gray, in Copenhagen and Jon Swaine His former chief scientist Professor Sir David King ...


Hopes rise for climate deal

Aljazeera.net


Who Wants What in Copenhagen

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Saturday, December 5, 2009

US surge greeted with fear by Afghans travelling on the road to Kandahar - Telegraph.co.uk


ABC News


US surge greeted with fear by Afghans travelling on the road to Kandahar

Telegraph.co.uk


Passengers and drivers on the Kandahar road are terrified of robbers, the Taliban - and the Americans who promised to protect them. Commander Yusef hunched his shoulders against the wind tearing down Highway One and warily scanned the snowy hills. ...


How Obama Came to Plan for 'Surge' in Afghanistan

New York Times


In Afghanistan, we have a plan -- but that's not the same as a strategy

Washington Post


'Obama's war' in Afghanistan could be politic »


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Friday, December 4, 2009

'She-devil' Knox and lover guilty - BBC News


Washington Post


'She-devil' Knox and lover guilty

BBC News


But as the judge read out the jury's decision she turned and buried her face in her lawyers chest and started to sob uncontrollably. She was still crying as she was led from court, facing a sentence of 26 years in prison for the ...


Exclusive: Amanda Knox's Family Says Judge Couldn't Look Them in the Eyes

ABC News


American student Amanda Knox found guilty of murder

Kansas City Star


Amanda Knox's aunt says hearing verdict was 'gut-wrenching'

CNN International


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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Obama canvasses for ideas on job creation - Boston Globe


ABC News


Obama canvasses for ideas on job creation

Boston Globe


AP / December 4, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Obama promised at a White House jobs forum yesterday to take “every responsible step to accelerate job creation,'' including some “exciting ideas and proposals'' from forum participants he hoped ...


At White House meeting, a focus on jobs, but no promises of a turnaround

San Jose Mercury News


Bing pleads for federal dollars for Detroit at Jobs Summit

The Detroit News


Jobs summit underscores dilemma

Washington Post


San Antonio Express -Salt Lake Tribune


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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Confusion swirls around Afghanistan war plan - Los Angeles Times


ABC News


Confusion swirls around Afghanistan war plan

Los Angeles Times


Obama's plan to expand, then shrink, the number of US forces fighting the Taliban has critics and supporters at home and in Europe asking for clarification. By Paul Richter and Julian E. Barnes Reporting from Washington - President Obama's timetable ...


Nato ministers face Afghan surge pressure

BBC News


Nato members offer few troops

Aljazeera.net


Rove: Obama Can Win in Afghanistan

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Obama vows 30000 troops for Afghan war - USA Today


Globe and Mail


Obama vows 30000 troops for Afghan war

USA Today


President Obama asked the nation to support 30000 more troops in Afghanistan and vowed to start bringing home US forces in 2011, saying his rapid escalation of the costly war is necessary because "our security is at stake. ...


Key points of Obama's strategy

CNN International


The TV Watch Before Audience of Cadets, a Sobering Message of War

New York Times


With narrower military goals, Obama ups the ante

Washington Post


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