World Politics
China stands accused of wrecking global deal
Nations stunned by tactics of world's largest polluter.
Inside World Politics
So, what does this accord add up to? Key issues explained
Sunday, 20 December 2009
The last-minute agreement is a major setback, and the world will have to regroup in its struggle to contain climate change
China holds the world to ransom
Friday, 18 December 2009
Michael McCarthy: Beijing accused of standing in the way of climate change treaty at Copenhagen as US throws down the gauntlet by backing $100bn fund to help poorest countries
UN diplomat accused of plot to discredit Karzai
Friday, 18 December 2009
American denies claim and highlights the West's failure to confront fraud in Afghan elections
Climate talks on brink of failure as time runs out
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Gordon Brown holds series of meetings in desperate bid to help salvage deal
Iran test-fires new missile as sanctions loom
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Gordon Brown condemns weapon that puts Israel within easy range
Climate conference: 'Make bankers pay for deal'
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Britain and France back tax on financial transactions to support poor countries while Ethiopian plan would also impose levies on airline and shipping industries
Miliband snubbed by US over prisoner's release
Saturday, 12 December 2009
Attempt to secure freedom for last Briton in Guantanamo Bay is rejected
Antarctic nations plan tough new shipping controls
Saturday, 12 December 2009
Countries that manage Antarctica plan to impose tough new controls on ships visiting the southern oceans and the fuels they use to reduce the threat of human and environmental disasters posed by increasing numbers of tourists, officials said today.
When war is just – by Obama the peace prize winner
Friday, 11 December 2009
US President's Nobel speech forecasts more bloodshed to come in Afghanistan
Obama 'doesn't deserve' peace prize
Thursday, 10 December 2009
President Barack Obama will accept this year's Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo this morning, tackling head-on the paradox in his receiving the accolade just 10 days after committing an additional 30,000 US troops to the war in Afghanistan.
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1 2000-2009: the world in pictures
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3 More Irish bishops quit over abuse scandal
4 Iran says Turkey is option for nuclear exchange
5 Americans 'face Pakistan terror charges'
6 Woman knocks over Pope at Vatican Mass
7 Pope gives blessing after St Peter's attack
8 French students cry liberté over right to wear sexy clothes
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1 Russia to work on new nuclear missiles
2 Cleric's funeral breathes life into Iran's protest movement
3 More Irish bishops quit over abuse scandal
4 Unesco criticised over dictator's $300,000 prize
5 Iran says Turkey is option for nuclear exchange
6 Zambian politician murdered on eve of OAU summit
7 Americans 'face Pakistan terror charges'
8 Angry flood victims in the south of France look for someone to blame as evacuations continue
9 Pope gives blessing after St Peter's attack
10 Hidden cost of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 'is twice what Bush claims'
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2New plot hatched to dislodge Brown before election
3Sam Wallace: Attitude to Nations Cup all wrong
4Avatar, James Cameron, 163 mins, (PG)
5Woman knocks over Pope at Vatican Mass
6Freeze puts skids under Christmas getaway
7More Irish bishops quit over abuse scandal
8Steve Richards: Here are a few predictions to keep you going until new year
Columnist Comments
• Steve Richards: Predictions to keep you going until new year
The leaders’ debates will dominate the campaign, but they won’t change much.
• Hamish McRae: An optimism that has drained away
It is, from an economic perspective, a sombre end to a sombre year.
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