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Climate talks set to hand major problems to Copenhagen
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - Talks on a new UN climate pact were wrapping up Friday, leaving a roster of bitterly divisive issues to be hammered out at a showdown in Copenhagen next month.
Nations:Denmark China U.K. U.S. Sudan India People:Gordon Brown Source:(AFP)
2009-11-06
Senate Democrats advance climate bill without GOP
WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats sidestepped a Republican boycott Thursday, pushing a climate bill out of committee in an early step on a long and contentious road to passage.
Nations:Denmark U.S. People:John Kerry Barbara Boxer Arlen Specter Max Baucus Barack Obama Lindsey Graham Activities:111th Congress
2009-11-05
EU leaders clear major hurdle to reform treaty
BRUSSELS (AFP) - European Union leaders on Thursday cleared a major obstacle holding up the massive Lisbon reform treaty, paving the way for a new-look EU with its first-ever president.
Nations:Luxembourg Latvia Poland Hungary Spain Czech Republic People:Tony Blair Gordon Brown Source:(AFP)
2009-10-29
Multiyear Arctic ice is effectively gone: expert
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The multiyear ice covering the Arctic Ocean has effectively vanished, a startling development that will make it easier to open up polar shipping routes, an Arctic expert said on Thursday.
Nations:Canada Russia South Korea Source:(Reuters)
2009-10-29
US, China open high-level trade talks
HANGZHOU, China (AFP) - Ministers from the United States and China opened key trade talks Wednesday, with Washington looking to make progress on several disputes ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama.
Nations:Denmark U.S. People:Tom Vilsack Wang Qishan Gary Locke Barack Obama Hu Jintao Activities:China-U.S. Trade Ties
2009-10-28
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