Reuters North American News Service, December 15th, 2007
Duty editor: Doina Chiacu
Photo queries: Asia Picture Desk
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All times GMT (EST is five hours behind GMT)
NUSA DUA - Bali breakthrough launches historic climate talks
ISLAMABAD - Musharraf lifts Pakistani emergency
GAZA - Celebrating anniversary, Hamas warns of new uprising
NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Nearly 200 nations agree at U.N.-led
talks in Bali to launch negotiations on new pact to fight global
warming after reversal by the United States allows historic
breakthrough (BALI/ (WRAPUP 12), moving shortly, pix, tv, by Emma
Graham-Harrison, 800 words)
NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Governments hail deal in Bali to start
negotiations to adopt a new climate pact, but environmental groups
say it lacks teeth (BALI/REACTION (UPDATE 1), moved at 1529, by
Adhityani Arga, 700 words)
See also BALI/REACTION-USA, BALI/VIEW (INSTANT VIEW),
BALI/ACHIEVEMENTS (FACTBOX), BALI/HIGHLIGHTS (FACTBOX), BALI/DEAL
(FACTBOX), BALI/CHRONOLOGY, all moved.
HAMBURG, Germany - World's first commercial merchant ship to
be pulled by giant high-tech kite to cut fuel consumption and
carbon emissions is launched in Hamburg before maiden voyage
across Atlantic (CLIMATE-GERMANY/SHIP, moved at 1455, pix, tv, by
Erik Kirschbaum, 525 words)
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani President Musharraf lifts emergency
rule and restores constitution in a move Western nations hope will
stabilize country as Islamic militant violence spirals (PAKISTAN/
(UPDATE 5), moved at 1553, by Zeeshan Haider, 600 words)
See also PAKISTAN-CRISIS/ (CHRONOLOGY), moved at 0944
GAZA - Hamas threatens to launch new uprising against Israel
as hundreds of thousands of Islamist supporters rally in Gaza
City to mark group's 20th anniversary (PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL/HAMAS
(UPDATE 2, moved at 1750, by Nidal al-Mughrabi, 650 words)
MUSA QALA, Afghanistan - Flushed with victory after
recapturing the Taliban stronghold of Musa Qala this week, Afghan
forces promise to stay put this time and build schools, clinics
and a new mosque (AFGHAN-MUSAQALA/, moved at 1824, pix, tv, by Jon
Hemming, 700 words)
See also AFGHAN-BOMBING/ (UPDATE 3), moved at 0649, pix, by
Hamid Shalizi, 300 words)
MOSCOW - Russia has no plans to mass armed forces near its
Western borders after freezing compliance with Conventional Forces
in Europe treaty, but remains at odds with United States over U.S.
plan to install anti-missile system in eastern Europe (RUSSIA-CFE/
(UPDATE 3), moved at 1313, by Robin Paxton, 650 words)
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Roadside bomb wounds at least 12 Somali
soldiers in Baidoa and two people are killed in violence in
Mogadishu as interim government faces growing Islamist insurgency
(SOMALIA-CONFLICT/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 1544, pix, tv, 350 words)
BEIRUT - Two days before Lebanon's parliament meets to elect
the army chief as president, a U.S. envoy says country should hold
the vote which has been postponed repeatedly (LEBANON-PRESIDENT
(UPDATE 2), moved at 1837, by Yara Bayoumy, 650 words)
ABUJA, Nigeria - Influential rebel commander in Nigeria's
oil-producing Niger Delta has ordered suspension of peace talks
with government, citing military incursions in delta communities
and arrest of another commander (NIGERIA-DELTA/, moved at 1018, by
Estelle Shirbon, 550 words)
BAGHDAD - Gunmen and bombers launch three attacks on
U.S.-backed neighborhood security patrols in Baghdad, killing at
least three patrol members and wounding 17 (IRAQ/ (WRAPUP 2),
moved at 1515, pix, by Peter Graff, 500 words)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan has recorded its first human death from
bird flu and five other people have been infected with the deadly
H5N1 virus (PAKISTAN-BIRDFLU/ (UPDATE 4), moved at 1746, by
Alistair Scrutton, 400 words)
HANOI - Vietnamese motorcyclists appear to comply with new
rule obliging them to wear helmets, latest drive to reduce
nation's unacceptably high road traffic toll (VIETNAM-HELMETS/
(FEATURE), moved at 0716, pix, tv, by Grant McCool, 900 words)
