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Smoke bellow from the chimneys of Belchatow Power Station, Europe's largest biggest coal-fired power plant, in this May 7, 2009 file photo. Rich countries and developing nations fought over climate change on Saturday, failing to make progress on financing ahead of a major environmental summit in Copenhagen next month. REUTERS/Peter Andrews/Files

G20 makes little progress on climate financing

Reuters - 08:53 AM

Rich countries and developing nations fought over climate change on Saturday, failing to make progress on financing ahead of a major environmental summit in Copenhagen next month.

  • United States Army Specialist Ryan Hill (R) lights a candle with the help of his daughter Emma, 3, at the Fort Hood Army Post in Fort Hood, Texas November 7, 2009. President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
    Obamas to attend Fort Hood memorial Tuesday Reuters - 08:24 AM

    President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting.

  • Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu in Sanaa October 31, 2009. The Muslim world is watching how the U.S. will act on the stalled process for Palestinian-Israeli peace, the world's top diplomat for Islam said. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/Files
    INTERVIEW - Muslims watching U.S. with guarded optimism - OIC chief Reuters - 08:09 AM

    The Muslim world is watching how the United States will act on the stalled process for Palestinian-Israeli peace and wondering how one of the main sticking points, Israeli settlements, will be resolved, the world's top diplomat for Islam said on Saturday.

  • China's Premier Wen Jiabao delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2009 in Boao, Hainan province April 18, 2009. Wen Jiabao meets African leaders on Sunday, aiming to boost a relationship which politically goes back decades. REUTERS/Alfred Cheng Jin/Files
    China's Wen seeks to boost blossoming Africa ties Reuters - 08:05 AM

    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets African leaders on Sunday, aiming to boost a relationship which politically goes back decades and is now economically booming -- to the discomfort of some in the West.

  • U.S. Marines meet local elders during a shura, or local council meeting, in Sorkhdoz in Afghanistan's lower Helmand River Valley July 5, 2009. Obama is wrapping up deliberations on war strategy in Afghanistan and is considering final Pentagon options that include sending about 30,000 more troops, officials said. REUTERS/Peter Graff
    Obama wraps up Afghan review, eyes final options Reuters - 07:49 AM

    U.S. President Barack Obama is wrapping up deliberations on war strategy in Afghanistan and is considering final Pentagon options that include sending about 30,000 more troops, officials said on Saturday.

  • 'Peace process a tactic, armed rebellion to follow' IE - 06:06 AM

    Participation of the United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (UCPN-M) in the peace process in Nepal is just a "tactic" and another round of armed clash to capture state power is not far away, Baburam Bhattarai, key ideologue of the movement, said.

  • Pak scripts a plot to scuttle Indo-Nepal extradition pact IE - 06:06 AM

    Anticipating that an imminent Indo-Nepal extradition treaty will have negative consequences on its nationals alleged to be involved in anti-India activities in Nepal, Pakistan has surprised India by proposing its own extradition treaty to Nepal which bars Kathmandu from extraditing Pakistani nationals.

  • 5.6-magnitude quake jolts Tibet IANS - 03:49 AM

    Beijing, Nov 8 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit Xigaze prefecture of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region early Sunday morning, a report said.

  • Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri arrives to begin consultation meetings with the parliamentary bloc on the formation of a new cabinet at Parliament in Beirut September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi/Files
    Lebanon's Hariri set to form govt with Hezbollah Reuters - Sat, Nov 7

    Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government to include Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in the next few days, politicians said on Saturday.

  • Iranian riot and plainclothes policemen detain a man during protests in central Tehran November 4, 2009. Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. REUTERS/via Your View
    Iran says over 100 people detained at anti-U.S. rally Reuters - Sat, Nov 7

    Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

  • This file image from a frame grab shows Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) being escorted to a car on the third day of her trial at Yangon's Insein Prison, after the junta allowed diplomats and media to observe the trial May 20, 2009. REUTERS/Reuters TV/MRTV/Files
    Japan urges Myanmar to release Suu Kyi before poll Reuters - Sat, Nov 7

    Japan urged Myanmar on Saturday to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before next year's election, adding it was ready to provide more aid if democratisation in the country advanced.

  • Major Nidal Malik Hasan, U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of shooting at a base in Texas is seen in this undated handout photo of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout
    U.S. Army gunman's act "impossible" - grandfather Reuters - Sat, Nov 7

    The grandfather of a U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of shooting dead 13 people and wounding 30 others at a base in Texas said on Saturday he found it impossible to believe his grandson had committed the act.

  • Russian communist supporters shout slogans as they take part in a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution in central Moscow, November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky
    Russian communists flirt with Medvedev Reuters - Sat, Nov 7

    Russia's communist party denounced powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin while cautiously praising President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday as a man who had brought 'certain hopes' to the country.

  • A U.S. soldier from Stryker Brigade greets children during patrol in Arghandab District Kandahar province October 29, 2009. REUTERS/ Omar Sobhani/Files
    Obama adviser urges caution on extra Afghan troops Reuters - Sat, Nov 7

    U.S. President Barack Obama's national security adviser, James Jones, has said there is no guarantee that sending extra troops to Afghanistan would solve NATO's problems, and that they could just be "swallowed up".

  • Britain urges divided G20 to reach climate deal Reuters - Sat, Nov 7

    British finance minister Alistair Darling urged his G20 counterparts on Saturday to work toward a $100 billion deal to tackle climate change but developing nations insisted they did not want to talk about it.

  • Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in New York, September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files
    Russia's Medvedev leaves door open to Iran sanctions Reuters - Sat, Nov 7

    Sanctions against Iran should not be ruled out if it fails to agree to restrictions on its nuclear programme, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told German weekly magazine Der Spiegel in an interview.

  • Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks at Columbia University in New York September 22, 2009. REUTERS/Natalie Behring/Files
    INTERVIEW - Thai PM says no plan yet to seal border with Cambodia Reuters - Sat, Nov 7

    Thailand said on Saturday it has no plan yet to seal its border with Cambodia despite a diplomatic row, but will seek to extradite fugitive former premier, Thaksin Shinawatra, if he goes to Cambodia to become an adviser.

  • 12 militants killed in Pakistan IANS - Sat, Nov 7

    Islamabad, Nov 7 (DPA) Pakistani troops have killed 12 Taliban militants in the ongoing operation in country's northwest, the army said Saturday.

  • UN says Nepal parties should fix president's powers IANS - Sat, Nov 7

    Kathmandu, Nov 7 (IANS) Ignoring a rebuff by Nepal's ruling parties, who have asked the UN not to intervene in the republic's internal matters, a top UN official is suggesting that the parties fix the powers of President Ram Baran Yadav, whose action almost six months ago triggered a fresh crisis in the Himalayan nation.

  • Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri arrives to begin consultation meetings with the parliamentary bloc on the formation of a new cabinet at Parliament in Beirut September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi/Files
    Lebanon's Hariri set to announce unity government Reuters - Sat, Nov 7

    Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government in the next two days after clinching a deal with the opposition on its make-up, politicians from both sides said on Saturday.


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