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The three members of a UN commission of inquiry into a massacre in Guinea in which scores of opposition supporters were killed arrived on Wednesday to pursue their investigation.
President Barack Obama will commit the United States to substantial cuts in greenhouse gas pollution over the next decade — despite resistance in Congress over higher costs — when he travels to a major climate conference in Copenhagen next month.
Germany's top soldier and a senior defence ministry official quit on Thursday over a controversial strike in northern Afghanistan in September in which NATO says as many as 142 people died.
President Obama will commit the United States to substantial cuts in greenhouse gas pollution over the next decade despite resistance in Congress over higher costs when he travels to a major climate conference in Copenhagen next month.
Two weeks before President Obama visited China, two senior White House officials traveled to Beijing on a "special mission" to persuade China to pressure Iran to give up its alleged nuclear weapons program.
Two weeks before President Obama visited China, two senior White House officials traveled to Beijing on a "special mission" to try to persuade China to pressure Iran to give up its alleged nuclear weapons program.
President Obama may be heading to Copenhagen next month for the United Nations' global climate change summit, but Democratic senators tasked with moving health care overhaul legislation will likely stay behind to pass a bill by year's end.
President Obama and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will attend the Copenhagen climate talks next month and have pledged new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
BONN, Germany (AP) — The U.N. climate chief on Wednesday welcomed President Barack Obama's decision to attend next month's climate conference in Copenhagen, saying it's critical that the Americans bring with them a specific target for slashing U.S. greenhouse gases.
A scion of a powerful pro-government clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines turned himself in Thursday amid mounting pressure on the president to crack down on lawlessness and warlords.
KABUL, Afghanistan — When Susan Marx was awoken before dawn last month with word that United Nations colleagues across town were under attack, the 32-year-old human rights researcher did the only thing she could think of to calm her nerves: Bake.
Vienna (AFP) Nov 25, 2009 - The UN atomic watchdog begins a two-day meeting Thursday, the last to be chaired by Egyptian diplomat Mohamed ElBaradei, who steps down on November 30 after 12 years at the helm of the IAEA.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month to demonstrate his nation's willingness to work with the global community, the government said Thursday.
In the days leading up to Eid al-Adha, Zaid Khadar would usually be buying new clothes for his children and stocking up on traditional foods to celebrate one of the most important dates on the Muslim calendar.
The Clintons aim to keep their professional orbits separate, avoid potential conflicts of interest.
President Barack Obama will head to next month's Copenhagen climate summit to offer the first US plan to cut carbon emissions, officials said, reviving hopes the closely watched meeting will succeed.
Ithaca College will be represented by students, faculty, and alumni at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 15th Conference of the Parties (COP-15), being held Dec. 5-18 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Should the United Nations involve the Iraqi government in developing an educational system for the Middle Eastern country? The question drew heated debate on Tuesday from delegates to the U.N. Security Council .
Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Nov. 30. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer.
Six world powers have drafted a resolution at the UN nuclear watchdog urging Iran to clarify the purpose of its previously secret uranium enrichment site and confirm it has no more hidden atomic work, diplomats said.
Stockholm - Sweden regards the proposed emission cuts by the United States ahead of a UN climate change summit next month as insufficient, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said in a comment published Thursday. The US reduction of 17 per cent below 20...
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