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Climate change action grinds to a halt »
The first decade of the 21st century dawned with a global strategy to fight climate change but ended in chaos.
‘US missiles’ kill militants in Pakistan »
At least three militants have been killed in another US missile strike targeting insurgents in Pakistan’s tribal region of North Waziristan, officials say.
U.S. drone attack in Pakistan kills three militants »
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – A missile fired by a pilotless U.S. drone aircraft on Friday killed at least three militants traveling in a car in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region on the Afghan border, security officials said.
China says 5,394 arrested in Internet porn crackdown »
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police arrested thousands in a drive against Internet pornography throughout 2009, officials said, vowing a deepening crackdown that critics say is being used to tighten overall censorship.
AT&T ends sponsorship of scandal-hit Tiger Woods »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – AT&T Inc said on Thursday it was terminating its sponsorship agreement with Tiger Woods, joining the list of companies that have distanced themselves from the top golfer in the wake of a sex scandal.
U.S. drone attack kills 2 militants in Pakistan »
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suspected U.S. drone aircraft killed at least two militants in Pakistan’s North Waziristan on Thursday, a security official said.
US activist held in N.Korea, says colleague »
A US Christian human-rights activist who illegally entered North Korea on Christmas Day in a bid to promote better rights and conditions there has been detained, his colleague said Sunday.
Yemen says Houthi rebel leader may be dead »
DUBAI (Reuters) – The leader of Yemen’s Shi’ite rebels may have died after being severely wounded by government forces in the north of the country, a Yemeni government website and media said on Sunday.
US Christian activist enters North Korea: colleagues »
A 29-year-old American Christian, claiming God showed him a vision of North Korea’s liberation and redemption, has entered the country to urge leader Kim Jong-Il to repent, activists said Saturday.
US missionary crosses into North Korea »
A Christian missionary from the US has entered North Korea to highlight the plight of political prisoners believed held there, a human rights activist says.