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Walkouts heighten fears of climate treaty failureCopenhagen (AFP) Dec 15, 2009 Negotiators worked through the night Tuesday to prevent a UN climate summit from ending in catastrophic failure after developing nations staged a five-hour walkout and China accused the West of trickery. As the White House said Barack Obama wants a deal that imposes "meaningful steps" to combat global warming, ministers admitted they had to start making giant strides before 120 heads of ... read more |
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Istanbul (AFP) Dec 15, 2009Natural gas that lies under Turkey's Marmara Sea close to Istanbul could provide advance warning of an earthquake experts believe will hit the country's largest city, scientists said on Tuesday. Researchers from France and Turkey scanned the Marmara's seabed over six weeks using a robotic sonar device, similar to the kind of equipment used to detect shoals of fish. Their mission was to ... more 
Legaspi, Philippines (AFP) Dec 15, 2009Tens of thousands of villagers in the Philippines fled their homes on Tuesday as one of the nation's most active volcanoes spewed lava and sent ash plumes high into the sky, authorities said. Soldiers and police marshalled the evacuation from the so-called "danger zone" around the foothills of Mayon volcano, amid concerns a big eruption could occur at any moment. "After the series of ... more  
Kavre, Nepal (AFP) Dec 15, 2009Thirty years ago, Nepalese farmer Badri Prasad Jangam realised that the once thickly-wooded hillside that overlooks his home had been transformed into a barren slope. Decades of deforestation had taken their toll, stripping away the topsoil, affecting vital underground water sources and threatening to bring disaster to a community entirely dependent on farming for its livelihood. Now the ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2009China on Tuesday rejected as "unacceptable" US and EU calls to release prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo, who appears headed for trial on subversion charges after co-authoring a bold petition for democracy. Both the United States and European Union on Monday had urged China to free Liu and end the harassment and detention of political dissidents. "The accusations are unacceptable to China," ... more  
Geneva (AFP) Dec 15, 2009A global "patent pool" for AIDS drugs will be launched next year in a bid to slash billions off the cost of producing generic medecines for the developing world, the UNITAID drug purchase fund said. UNITAID head Philippe Douste-Blazy told AFP the mechanism was given the green light at a board meeting in Geneva Monday and aims to supply latest-generation anti-retroviral drugs to AIDS sufferer ... more  
Addis Ababa (AFP) Dec 15, 2009The African Union on Tuesday estimated that the Copenhagen summit on climate change could lead to the "death warrant for the Kyoto Protocol," the only instrument currently regulating emission of greenhouse gases. "Representatives of the continent have unanimously made known their absolute and determined refusal to pursue consultations that would sign the death warrant for the Kyoto Protocol ... more |
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