Reuters North American News Service, December 14th, 2007
NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Developing nations said they would
resist "pressure and even threats" from some rich countries to
step up the fight against climate change, as talks on a global
climate pact went to the wire.
GAZA - Hamas Islamists detained an adviser to President
Mahmoud Abbas's government and three Fatah mourners were killed
in an explosion on Friday, fuelling tensions between rival
Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip.
BEIRUT - Lebanon's army urged feuding politicians to set
aside their differences and resolve the country's political
crisis at the funeral of an assassinated general.
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders agreed to send
administrators and police to Kosovo ahead of its expected
secession from Serbia, which branded the mission an attempt to
create a "puppet state" on its soil.
BOSTON - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has edged ahead of
rival Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire less than a month before
the state's nominating primary in the 2008 race for the White
House, a new poll showed.
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush said North Korean
leader Kim Jong-il could get his attention by fully disclosing
Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and proliferation activities.
MINSK - Ex-Soviet Belarus agreed to join forces with Russia
in opposing U.S. plans for a missile shield in Europe after the
Kremlin patched up differences with its stategic ally by
promising cheap gas next year.
MOSCOW - Russia accused Britain of systematically trying to
undermine diplomatic ties, but London said it had the European
Union's backing in a row over the activities of its cultural
council in Russia.
JOHANNESBURG - President Thabo Mbeki says the bitter contest
to lead South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC)
could destroy the party that helped end apartheid.
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices rose the most in more than
two years in November as energy costs surged and a host of other
prices marched higher, damping prospects of further
interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.
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