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Greenhouse gases rise to record high in 2010: UN
The amount of global warming-causing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere rose to a new high in 2010, and the rate of increase has accelerated, the UN weather agency said on Monday. Levels of carbon dioxide – a greenhouse gas and major contributor to climate change – rose by 2.3 parts per million between 2009 and 2010,…
24 dead as clashes rock Cairo’s Tahrir Square
Fresh clashes erupted in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Monday between police and protesters demanding the end of army rule, as the rulingmilitary council faced its worst crisis since Hosni Mubarak was toppled. The clashes, which have left 24 left dead in three days according tothe interior ministry, threatened to derail the country’s first elections since Mubarak’s ouster…
U.S. says China trade talks achieve ‘concrete’ results
The United States on Monday hailed key trade talks with China as a success, saying they had made “meaningful, concrete progress” on piracy and market access, but warned more work needed to be done. US Commerce Secretary John Bryson said China had pledged to better enforce intellectual property rights and give US firms a “level playing field”…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards dare Israel to attack
Iran dares Israel to attack, because the retaliation would send the Jewish state to “the dustbin of history,” a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said, according to the Fars news agencyMonday. “Our greatest wish is that they commit such a mistake,” the chief of the Guards’ aerospatial division, Amir-Ali Hadjizadeh, was quoted as saying. “For some time there…
S. Sudan says 33 mln barrels of oil sold since July
South Sudan has sold 33.4 million barrels of oil to international buyers at an estimated value of $3.2 billion, despite a deadlock in negotiations with the north on the industry, the oil ministry said on Monday. “As from July 9, 2011 to December 31, 2011, South Sudan has sold 33.4 million barrels (of oil) at…
Extreme violence as Egypt cracks down on protests
Clashes between Egyptian protesters calling for an end to military rule and the army and police who are trying to put down the demonstrations have been going on for some 36 hours, and the Reuters News Agency is reporting at least ten dead and 214 wounded on Sunday alone. However,…
Spanish conservatives win in landslide, promise more austerity
By Angus MacSwan and Barry Moody MADRID (Reuters) – The opposition People’s Party (PP) won a crushing victory in Spain’s election on Sunday as voters vented their rage on the ruling Socialists for the worst economic crisis in generations. The Socialists conceded a humiliating defeat as official results showed the…
Wild boars from Texas invading Mexican farmland
MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials have unveiled plans to slaughter some 50,000 wild boars that have crossed the border from the United States and now threaten agriculture in Mexico. The Ministry of Environment in Chihauha state said some 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) of farmland in the border town of Ojinaga…
‘Time has come’ to act on Iran, Israel says
WASHINGTON — The “time has come” to deal with Iran, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday, refusing to rule out military action to curb the Islamic republic’s nuclear ambitions. Barak, speaking on CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS program, indicated that Israel’s patience was wearing thin — and provided an ominous…
Deadline looms on Pakistan ‘obscene’ text message ban
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s mobile operators were Sunday scrambling to block text messages containing any of over 1,600 “obscene” terms banned by the country’s telecoms authority ahead of a Monday deadline. The list, including words from “quickie” to “fairy” to “Jesus Christ” and obtained by AFP, was distributed on November 14…
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