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China stands accused of wrecking global deal
Nations stunned by tactics of world's largest polluter.
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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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