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View Article  Greenhouse gas emissions in industrialised countries continue to rise
The United Nations Climate Agency says it is not yet clear how the economic
downturn will affect international climate change policy.

BONN, GERMANY (NOVEMBER 17, 2008) REUTERS -
The United Nations climate agency has given ...   more »
View Article  Pirates hijack oil supertanker off east Africa
Somali pirates capture the biggest vessel ever, hijacking it far off east
Africa.

ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (OCTOBER 2008) HANDOUT -
Somali pirates have captured a fully laden Saudi supertanker far off
east Africa, seizing the biggest ...   more »
View Article  Vigil held for Romanian miners
Romanian authorities are investigating two explosions in a coal mine that
killed 12 and injured nine, while relatives hold a candlelight vigil.

PETRILA ROMANIA NOVEMBER 16, 2008) REALITATEA TV -
Romanian authorities have launched an ...   more »
View Article  Japan's whaling fleet sets out for Antarctic-Greenpeace
Greenpeace says Japan's whaling fleet sets out for Antarctic.

YUGE, EHIME PREFECTURE, JAPAN GREENPEACE HANDOUT -
The environmentalist group Greenpeace says the main ship in Japan's
whaling fleet has set out for the Antarctic on ...   more »
View Article  Iraqi cabinet approves U.S. troops pact
U.S. forces will be allowed to stay in Iraq until at least 2011, after pact
agreed in Baghdad.

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 16, 2008) REUTERS -
Iraq's cabinet approved a long-awaited pact on Sunday that will
...   more »
View Article  Trial of those accused in Politkovskaya murder re-opens
Four men charged with plotting to kill Russian journalist Anna
Politkovskaya in 2006, are seen on camera for the first time inside a Moscow
court where it will be decided if the trial will be ...   more »
View Article  Suspected ETA military chief arrested in France
French police arrest suspected ETA military chief in Cauterets, France.


POLICE HANDOUT -The suspected military leader of Basque separatist group ETA has
been arrested in France, dealing a severe blow to the organisation, French
police ...   more »
View Article  Japan's economy in recession.
Japan slides into its first recession in seven years.

TOKYO, JAPAN (NOVEMBER 17, 2008) TV TOKYO -
Japan became the latest major economy to fall into recession on
Monday (November 17) with France close behind.

...   more »
View Article  Plane crash off British Columbia
A small plane crashes off British Columbia's southern coast killing seven
of the eight people on board.

THORMANBY ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (NOVEMBER 16,
2008) CTV -
A small plane carrying eight people crashed on ...   more »