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It is normally a conference bringing together leaders from Britain and its former colonies. But the Nov. 27-29 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting has already attracted French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and there is media speculation that U.S. President Barack Obama...

Brazil — British pop star Sting says Brazil's government should listen to the voices of local indigenous groups before building a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rain forest. Sting told a news conference Sunday in Sao Paulo the decision...

We can expect more extreme weather events, more water and more drought situations,” said Ms. Wahlström, a Swedish national with over 25 years of experience in disaster management, development and humanitarian issues, and served as UN Special Coordinator for assistance...

The aim of the fund, which is backed by 35 countries, is to begin cutting the rate of deforestation immediately, without waiting for the United Nations to complete negotiations on its own scheme for saving rainforests. Payments will be made...

We are therefore urging donors to respond quickly to this appeal so that assistance can be provided to those affected without delay,” he added of the appeal, launched jointly with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the Government of El Salvador.

Conservation groups said lower quotas for Atlantic tuna fishing set in a meeting in Brazil would encourage illegal fishing and diminish long-term gains. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas in Recife, Brazil, set the quota for the...

El Salvador�Salvadoran authorities raised the death toll from devastating floods and mudslides this week to 192 from 184 as more bodies turned up in storm-ravaged areas of the country...Broken down by region, 89 people were killed in central San Vicente...

Brazil — An international tuna conservation body decided Sunday to cut the annual catch limit for bluefin tuna by around 40% in 2010 from its 2009 level in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, where most of the...