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But can the British energy secretary, in Denmark for a frantic round of pre-summit diplomacy, win the argument? Around midnight: Britain's energy and climate change minister, Ed Milliband, talks to civil servants after a day of intergovernmental preparatory negotiations that...

The leaders are set to be joined by French President Nicolas Sarkozy who has hammered out a joint position with Brazil ahead of the December 7-18 Copenhagen summit, the foreign ministry said. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and...

Brazil  —  Brazil's Supreme Court has tentatively voted to send an Italian fugitive home to face prison sentences for political slayings in the 1970s. The justices can still change Wednesday's initial 5-4 vote to send Cesare Battisti back to Italy....

Brazil improved five positions in the annual ranking of perceived corruption released on Tuesday by Transparency International, ranking 75th out of 180 countries. The higher the country's position, the less corrupt it is considered to be. Despite the improvement, Brazil...

The outage Tuesday night, which affected up to 70 million people, has proved an embarrassment for the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. at only RM 20 per month. Its easily done via email or over the phone....

A total of 25 hostages in Pakistan were freed early Sunday after being held by at least four militants at the army headquarters in Rawalpindi, an army spokesman said. Pakistani soldiers take up position after an attack on the army...

The Brazilian city made a passionate pitch for the 2016 Summer Games and will now make history as the first South American city to host the global sporting event. DePaul students Sara Urban (left), 18, and Maureen Clancy, 19, show...

French intellectual Claude Levi-Strauss, the founder of structural anthropology, has died at the age of 100, his publishing house Plon said on Tuesday. Levi-Strauss, who was known to a wider public thanks to his 1955 memoir and masterpiece, "Tristes Tropiques,"...

The helicopter came down after the pilot was hit in the leg by a bullet and burst into flames. At least 10 other people were reported to have died in the fighting...It was the worst outbreak of violence since the...

Talk to taxi-drivers and hotel clerks in Nigeria's Delta region, and you hear the same words again and again: "We must give peace a chance." Shopkeepers smile with delight, chattering with customers about decommissioning and peace talks in the country's...