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Some 40 legal experts from around the world gathered in Iceland on Sunday for a three-day conference aimed at staking out a new legal framework for the fragile and changing polar regions.
Some 40 legal experts from around the world gathered in Iceland on Sunday for a three-day conference aimed at staking out a new legal framework for the fragile and changing polar regions.
When the 1,020-foot Explorer of the Seas cruises through North Atlantic waters next year, it'll spend more time off the coast of New England and less time near Canadian shores, and it's not because of better vistas.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, putting aside the date he had set by law, formally launched Canada into a federal election campaign.
Hurricane Ike moved past the southern Bahamas on Sunday, carrying high winds and heavy rain as the Category 4 storm surged forward on a track that could take it toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Canada's prime minister on Sunday triggered an early election, dissolving Parliament in a bid to bolster his party's grip on power in a vote next month that will be the country's third national ballot in four years.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House and Senate reconvene Monday after back-to-back political conventions, both parties eager to use the three-week session to show voters why their candidates are the ones to fix the economy and lower energy prices.
Canada's Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper called a snap general election Sunday, telling reporters the 308-seat parliament had become dysfunctional.
The operator of the oil rig involved in last week's deadly helicopter accident off the Dubai coast said production remained halted on the platform Sunday.
Iraq's Cabinet approved an initial gas agreement Sunday between the Oil Ministry and Royal Dutch Shell PLC to invest in a joint venture to tap natural gas in southern Iraq, a government statement said.
Bangladesh wants rich nations to pay the billions of dollars it says it needs to help fight the effects of climate change because they are the biggest environmental culprits.
Canada's prime minister dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election next month
TORONTO, Canada (AP) -- Canada's prime minister dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election for next month in hopes of strengthening his Conservative minority government's hold on power.
Dangerous Hurricane Ike roared toward Cuba with 135 mph (215 kph) winds on Sunday and was expected to sweep into the Gulf of Mexico where it could threaten the U.S. oil patch and possibly New Orleans.
The Armenian president, Serge Sarkisian, and President Abdullah Gul of Turkey were hoping to end nearly a century of hostility.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election next month in hopes of strengthening his Conservative minority government's hold on power.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election for next month, kicking off an election campaign he hopes will strengthen his minority right-of-center government.
Long-term economic aid is the key to strengthening Pakistan against Islamist extremism.
Leading ice specialists in Europe and the United States have agreed for the first time that a ring of navigable waters has opened all around the fringes of the cap of sea ice drifting on the warming Arctic Ocean.
INTERIOR, S.D. -- On the grasslands a few miles from the pinnacles and spires of Badlands National Park, federal wildlife officials are waging a war to save one of the nation's largest colonies of endangered black-footed ferrets.
CERNOBBIO, Italy (AP) -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney renewed his call for cooperation between Europe and Washington over the Georgia crisis, Italy's foreign minister said Sunday.
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