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Russia on Friday hit back at critics accusing it of dragging its feet on climate change, saying it had to ensure economic development as the industrial collapse after the Soviet Union's fall had to be taken into account.
A group led by Russian energy giant Lukoil won a deal to develop one of Iraq's most attractive oilfields on Saturday, in the country's second auction of contracts that promise to thrust it into the ranks of the world's top producers.
The United States and its allies are stepping up their rhetoric against Iran, warning that they will impose "significant" international sanctions, possibly in a matter of weeks, if the country continues with its nuclear program.
(AP:BAGHDAD) A consortium with Russia's Lukoil wins biggest prize of Iraq's postwar oil auction. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Each year the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square and Bells at Temple Square offer a musical gift not only to...
BEIJING - North Korea announced Friday that it will work with Washington to resolve “differences" over restarting nuclear disarmament talks, but observers said it was too early to declare a U.S. diplomat's mission to Pyongyang a success.
This 20-ton truckload of salt headed to Apple Valley Tuesday, Dec. 8, wasn't slated for icy roads. The shipment was the latest in a longtime partnership between the Minnesota Zoo and Wayzata-based Cargill.
(ARA) - There is so much to see in Europe that it can be difficult to narrow down your itinerary, and to give each destination its due attention.
Eleven months into his presidency, a set of Obama principles, if not quite a doctrine, is beginning to emerge -- a philosophy about when to use American military force, when to forsake it and when to threaten its use to back up diplomatic pressure.
Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! MOSCOW — In the snow-hushed woods on Moscow's northern edge, scientists are decades deep into research on bending the weather to their will.
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KIRKUK, Iraq — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that plans are on track to reduce American forces in Iraq next year and warned that neighboring Iran risks sanctions soon if it fails to cooperate on its controversial nuclear program.
Ballet San Jose's 'The Nutcracker' has some rough spots but it is still magic.
The United States and North Korea have no plans for follow-up talks on resolving a nuclear impasse, a senior US envoy said in Beijing on Saturday after ice-breaking meetings this week in Pyongyang.
Wesley Chapman never lived Nov. 23, 2009, but he lived Dec. 8 twice. Such is one of the strange things that happens to a person when he travels to the other side of the world. Chapman, a 15-year-old sophomore at Moffat County High School, left Los Angeles the night of Nov. 22, went backward in time as he passed over Hawaii and arrived Nov. 24 in New Zealand on the far side of the International ...
BRUSSELS (AP) — EU leaders agreed today to commit $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 in Copenhagen.
Center Dean McAmmond wished his first goal as a Devil on Friday had helped produce a better result. "It’s not as much about me getting a goal as it is about winning," he said. "I’d rather have a win."
MADISON - The public is invited to a “Holiday Gala,” a free concert of classical piano music, at 2 p.m. this Sunday, Dec. 13, in Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Hennessy Hall, the Mansion, on the College at Florham, 285 Madison Ave.
COPENHAGEN — A new draft agreement today at the Copenhagen climate talks pulled together the main elements of a global pact but left gaping holes on financing and cutting greenhouse gas emissions for world leaders to fill in next week.
SHANGHAI--Cummins Inc. and the USA National Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World EXPO announced today that Cummins has become an official sponsor of the USA National Pavilion.
