17 Dec 2009 22:23:28 GMT Dozens missing after cargo ship sinks off Lebanon TRIPOLI, Lebanon, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Dozens of people were missing on Thursday after a ship carrying livestock sank in the Mediterranean off Lebanon in stormy weather, Lebanese naval sources said.
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17 Dec 2009 22:22:25 GMT Denmark's Queen Margrethe gives a toast during a dinner in Copenhagen Denmark's Queen Margrethe (C) gives a toast to German Chancellor Angela Merkel (3rd L), U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L), China's Premier Wen Jiabao (3rd R), South Africa's President Jacob Zuma ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: Lawmakers Push for a Deal With
only one day to go to the end of the climate change talks and no agreement in sight, it looks like it will ultimately be up to national legislators to effectively implement whatever agreement is
forged here in the Danish capital.
17 Dec 2009 22:18:37 GMT Mexico kills leading capo in drug war strike * Beltran Leyva biggest drug lord killed since 2002
* Calderon praises raid as big win for Mexico
* Experts say death could fan further violence (Updates death toll detail, security in Cuernavaca ...
17 Dec 2009 22:17:37 GMT Burma: a man-made disaster zone
Re: "Eastern Burma: the Darfur of SE Asia", Opinion, December 8.
The Thailand Burma Border Consortium, headed by Jack Dunford, continues to do a great job for refugees from Burma. It is not too much to term this organisation an oasis or ...
17 Dec 2009 22:05:13 GMT Philippine volcano rumbles with fresh explosions
MANILA — The Mayon volcano, which has blown its top nearly 40 times in 400 years, menaced nearby residents with small eruptions of ash and lava yesterday as the Philippine authorities moved more than 30,000 people to shelters in case of a ...
17 Dec 2009 22:04:47 GMT Australia braces for severe cyclone, extreme heat
SYDNEY — A severe tropical cyclone was gathering force off Australia’s northwest coast yesterday, forcing residents to take shelter as it unleashed highly destructive winds, officials said.
17 Dec 2009 22:04:15 GMT First genocide charges issued
PHNOM PENH — Cambodia’s United Nations-backed war crimes court has for the first time issued genocide charges against two leaders of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, a tribunal spokesman said yesterday.
