PARIS, Dec 20 (IPS) - They huddle in the doorways of buildings with their few belongings, trying to keep warm. Or they sleep in covered shopping centres, accompanied by their pets - usually dogs. Some, reluctantly, make their way to

COPENHAGEN, Dec 19 (IPS) - The climate change summit proved to be a "spectacular failure even according to its own terms," but civil society had "some successes," such as the inclusion of certain issues on the climate agenda, and making

WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (IPS) - In 2004, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) revealed that a member state had violated its Safeguards Agreement by carrying out covert uranium conversion and enrichment activities and plutonium experiments for more than two decades.

COPENHAGEN, Dec 19 (IPS/TerraViva) - There is no Copenhagen climate treaty. History was not made here and no deal was sealed.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 19 (IPS) - "In a year's time, the Japanese archipelago will be completely under water." This official announcement was made following a violent eruption of Mt. Fuji, as a series of devastating earthquakes shook the country,

COPENHAGEN, Dec 19 (IPS/TerraViva) - Before the outcome of COP 15 has even emerged, Latin American social organisations are already discussing their strategies for the next climate summit, to be held in a year's time in Mexico.

SEOUL, Dec 19 (IPS) - On Dec. 9, Sungshin Women's University in Seoul organised an event titled, 'Happy Childbirth - Rich and Strong Future', aimed at trying to raise awareness about the country's very low birth rate.

The death toll in the December 5 nightclub fire in Perm has risen to 150 after a 28-year-old woman injured in the accident died in a Moscow hospital on Saturday. About 79 people injured in the fire remain in hospitals

A woman and her eight-year-old daughter died during the demolition of a war memorial in the Georgian city of Kutaisi on Saturday. Another two local residents received injuries and were hospitalised, local mass media and law enforcement reported. The investigation

Russia and the U.S. have ended another round of talks on reductions of strategic offensive weapons, sources at the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN and other Geneva-based international organizations told Itar-Tass. Officials at the U.S. Permanent Mission said the

Russia approves and supports the commissioning of the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-China gas pipeline this week, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said. "The more diverse and the better the infrastructure in the Customs Union and CIS countries, the bigger our contribution to

Twenty Uygur asylum seekers who fled to Cambodia after July's deadly ethnic riots in China's city of Urumqi, were deported back to China

Three Iranian prison officials have been charged with killing imprisoned protesters arrested in the aftermath of the June presidential election

A powerful storm broke in two a Moldova-flagged cargo vessel off the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi in the early hours of Sunday

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri have agreed to repair relations between the two countries during their first meeting in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

The Colombian government has announced its plans to build a new military base near its border with Venezuela as part of a program aimed at stepping up military presence in the area.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has sacked the governor of Georgia's western Imereti Region after two people were killed in the Saturday's explosion in Georgia's second largest city, Kutaisi

The international conference called "Middle East 2020: Is the Comprehensive Settlement Possible?" will open in Jordan on Sunday.

Heavy snowfalls engulfed the U.S. East Coast on Saturday paralyzing traffic and cutting power supplies in the region.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Cairo on December 20-21 to discuss the Arab-Israeli conflict resolution and bilateral issues with his Egyptian counterpart