17 Dec 2009 12:34:02 GMT U.S. backs $100 bln climate fund, UN talks resume * Dozens of world leaders set to join U.N. climate talks
* United States supports $100 bln global fund to help poor
* China rejects blame game
By Alister Doyle and Rick Cowan
COPENHAGEN, ...
17 Dec 2009 12:33:23 GMT FACTBOX-Quotes from Copenhagen climate talks Dec 17 (Reuters) - Following are notable quotes about U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen on Thursday, where negotiations were deadlocked with just one day left to work out a new deal to combat global ...
17 Dec 2009 12:28:00 GMT Climate change drives human displacement to worrying levels - experts COPENHAGEN (AlertNet) - For years people have migrated as a way to adapt to environmental change, but climate change threatens to dramatically boost the scale of human movement.
It could potentially force tens of millions of people from their homes at a time when restrictions on movement across international borders are growing.
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17 Dec 2009 12:26:56 GMT Germany and Spain seek to cut H1N1 vaccine orders * German states discussing reduced deliveries with Glaxo
* Spain aims to return unused vaccine to various companies
* Move reflects slow uptake, could hit company profits
By Ben Hirschler and ...
17 Dec 2009 12:21:22 GMT ASIA: IFRC urges greater commitment to
risk reduction More funds and policies are needed for disaster risk reduction to protect vulnerable communities in the Asia Pacific region, says the International Federation of
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
17 Dec 2009 12:21:15 GMT KENYA: PEPFAR doubles AIDS funding The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has pledged US$2.7 billion over the next five years to advance
HIV programmes in Kenya - a 112 percent increase.
17 Dec 2009 12:13:46 GMT Car bomber blast kills 33
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Pakistan: A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in a market close to a politician's home in this Punjabi town, killing 33 people and showing the increasing reach of Taliban militants in the nuclear-armed nation.
17 Dec 2009 12:13:45 GMT Why so much rides on Senator's crusade Celsius rising
Copenhagen represents a chance to get Australia's climate change policy right, reports STEVE LEWIS
WHEN the Senate torpedoed Kevin Rudd's emissions trading scheme a fortnight ago, his hand-picked Climate Change Minister Penny Wong received a ...
17 Dec 2009 12:05:11 GMT RPT-FEATURE-Thailand still scarred five years after tsunami (Repeats story that moved at 0000 GMT)
By Jason Szep
BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Suvadee Sukkasem is still searching for her son who vanished when the Indian Ocean tsunami turned ...
