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"Our aim is a comprehensive and global agreement which is then converted to an internationally legally binding treaty in no more than six months," Brown wrote in the Guardian on the eve of the UN summit in the Danish capital....

Romanian President Traian Basescu, an outspoken anti-corruption campaigner, narrowly won re-election, defeating a leftist challenger for the job of leading the EU newcomer out of political and economic crisis. Basescu scored 50.37 percent versus 49.63 for Social Democrat leader Mircea...

Pakistan's top court began hearing challenges on Monday to an amnesty order that could deepen political tensions in a nuclear-armed country already facing pressure to fight Taliban militants on several fronts. The turmoil could further weaken embattled President Asif Ali...

Greece geared for a second day of demonstrations after weekend protests to mark the death of a teenager shot by a policeman a year ago turned violent, leaving at least 30 injured. ATHENS - Greece on Monday geared for a...

The remains of a Japanese mini-submarine that participated in the Dec. Pearl Harbor have been discovered, researchers are to report today, offering strong evidence that the sub fired its torpedoes at Battleship Row...Five mini-subs were to participate in the strike,...

The Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Obama at Washington DC to talk about Afghanistan surge. As we know Obama has decided to add more 30,000 troops and asked some NATO country to send more troops. It is difficult for...

In a red-brick building at the University of Guelph, where veterinarians have been schooled for the better part of a century, a demographic shift is taking place that offers a window into the future of human behaviour. In the past...

This is a sampling of political writers Josh Richman and Lisa Vorderbrueggen's blog, The Political Blotter...Many of the millions of laid-off workers and dependents who were getting federal subsidies to help pay for health care coverage are now losing those...