The emissions target follows a similar announcement by the Obama administration ahead of next month's U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen. Michael Bowman | Washington 26 November 2009 China says it will work to constrain carbon dioxide emis...
European leaders, environmentalists hail as good news President Obama's decision to attend at least part of December's climate summit in Copenhagen Liza Bryant | Paris 26 November 2009 European Union flags wave in the wind outside EU headquarters in...
North Korea has experienced chronic food shortages for about two decades, mainly due to the government's political isolation and mismanagement. Belts in the North have tightened even further since South Korea's president stopped sending large amount...
UN investigators are in Conakry to find out what happened when 157 people were killed protesting the expected presidential candidacy of military ruler Captain Moussa Camara on September 28 Scott Stearns | Dakar 26 November 2009 Bodies of people kill...
Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan flew out of Mogadishu on a chartered plane Wednesday, 15 months after they were kidnapped by gunmen on a road outside of Mogadishu. Alisha Ryu | Nairobi 26 November 200...
One year after ten Pakistani gunmen attacked India's financial capital, many say they still feel vulnerable Mumbai 26 November 2009 A man waves an Indian flag outside the Taj Mahal hotel, one of the sites of Mumbai terror attacks, on the first anniv...
A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says peace talks cannot resume until Israel also halts settlement activity in East Jerusalem. His comments come a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed a 10-month halt for ne...
Some 1 million registered voters are expected to take part in Namibia's 5th general election since independence nearly 20 years ago Scott Bobb | Johannesburg 26 November 2009 Workers prepare an election banner for the Rally for Democracy Progress op...
The Russian Parliament recently made a rare legislative reversal -- withdrawing a tax increase on cars just days after approving it. Peter Fedynsky | Moscow 25 November 2009 A big increase in the number of new drivers in Russia has led to traffic ja...
President jokes that turkey had his daughters, Sasha and Malia, to thank for the pardon because, in his words, I was planning to eat this sucker. VOA News 25 November 2009 President Barack Obama's daughter Sasha reaches to pet 'Courage' the turkey d...
A European medical society has expressed alarm at the widespread opposition in Europe against the swine flu vaccine. Meanwhile, experts say the number of deaths in Europe from the H1N1 virus are doubling every two weeks. Lisa Bryant | Paris 25 Novem...
The Muslim Eid al Adha or Feast of Sacrifice holiday is celebrated with the slaughter of an animal, which is then shared with the poor. Elizabeth Arrott | Cairo 25 November 2009 Lambs for sale ahead of Eid in Cairo's City of the Dead, Cairo, Egypt,...
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have launched what the White House is calling a green partnership. Vidushi Sinha | Washington, DC 25 November 2009 We welcome the president's commitment to a major program for promotion of ren...
The White House says President Barack Obama will travel to Denmark next month to attend a global climate summit in Copenhagen. Kent Klein | White House 25 November 2009 President Barack Obama and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh arrive for the...
Mil Arcega | Washington 25 November 2009 Shoppers in a U.S. store The number of newly laid-off U.S. workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week. A report Wednesday from the Labor Department shows 466,000 workers...
