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California gay marriage trial takes national stage

20.12.2009 19:28    topix.com
Jeffrey Zarrillo and his partner Paul Katami and Sandy Stier and her partner Kristin Perry enter the federal courthouse in San Francisco, California in this July 2, 2009 file photo.
USA    Elections
California gay marriage trial takes national stage


Parker column: Left, right find common foe in Obama

20.12.2009 19:28    topix.com
Perhaps it is the spirit of the season, but my empathy receptors are in overdrive for poor Barack Obama.
USA    Elections
Parker column: Left, right find common foe in Obama

A blizzard-like storm rocks the Mid-Atlantic

20.12.2009 19:28    topix.com
Blizzard-like storm slams U.S. East Coast A group of men help push a motorist through the street during a snow storm in Washington, Saturday, Dec.
USA    Elections
A blizzard-like storm rocks the Mid-Atlantic

Senators OK defense budget bill, much left to 2010

20.12.2009 19:27    topix.com
The Senate cleared its year-end plate of some must-do work Saturday as it passed a critical budget bill that blends money for the Pentagon with additional help for the jobless.
USA    Elections
Senators OK defense budget bill, much left to 2010


News Story: Climate talks end with eye on next year

20.12.2009 19:27    topix.com
A historic U.N. climate conference ended Saturday with only a nonbinding "Copenhagen Accord" to show for two weeks of debate and frustration.
USA    Elections
News Story: Climate talks end with eye on next year

Iran acknowledges prisoners were beaten to death

20.12.2009 19:26    topix.com
After months of denials, Iran acknowledged Saturday that at least three people detained in the country's postelection turmoil were beaten to death by their jailers.
USA    Elections
Iran acknowledges prisoners were beaten to death

Dutch teen who sought solo sailing trip disappears

20.12.2009 14:07    seattletimes.nwsource.com
A teenage Dutch sailor who made headlines when she went to court to fight for the right to sail solo around the world has gone missing, police said Sunday.
Dutch teen who sought solo sailing trip disappears

Insurgents fire mortars on Somali police force

20.12.2009 14:06    seattletimes.nwsource.com
Islamic militants fired mortars into Mogadishu's police compound as the force was celebrating its 66th anniversary Sunday, sparking a battle that killed at least 12 civilians and a police officer, officials said.
Insurgents fire mortars on Somali police force

Major volcanic eruption feared in Philippines

20.12.2009 14:05    seattletimes.nwsource.com (2)
The Philippines' most active volcano could have a huge eruption within days, officials warned Sunday after detecting a drastic surge in earthquakes and eerie rumbling sounds in surrounding foothills. Tens of thousands of villagers have been evacuated as a precaution.
Major volcanic eruption feared in Philippines

Storm continues to wallop East Coast, heads north

20.12.2009 14:04    seattletimes.nwsource.com
A slow-moving storm that blanketed swaths of the mid-Atlantic with nearly 2 feet of snow reached southern New England on Sunday, continuing its assault on the East Coast after causing at least five deaths, crippling travel and leaving empty stores
Storm continues to wallop East Coast, heads north

Thousands of Taiwanese protest China envoy's visit

20.12.2009 14:03    seattletimes.nwsource.com
Tens of thousands of opposition demonstrators marched through the streets of the central Taiwanese city of Taichung on Sunday, ahead of the arrival of a senior Chinese envoy for trade talks that some on the island fear could eventually lead
Thousands of Taiwanese protest China envoy's visit

Chinese man's subversion trial to start this week

20.12.2009 14:02    seattletimes.nwsource.com
The long-awaited subversion trial of a high-profile Chinese dissident who has called for greater civil rights in the country and an end to the Communist Party's political dominance will start in a few days, the man's lawyer said Sunday.
Chinese man's subversion trial to start this week

Senate Democrats seek to seal health care overhaul

20.12.2009 14:01    seattletimes.nwsource.com
Outnumbered Republicans are pledging to delay passage of historic health care legislation as long as possible after jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote.
USA    Politics
Senate Democrats seek to seal health care overhaul

There is no scientific consensus at the UN

20.12.2009 13:43    voltairenet.org
While the overwhelming media campaign is heralding the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference as our last chance to "save the planet", Thierry Meyssan considers that, despite appearances, the issues on the table have little to do with environmental concerns but revolve
There is no scientific consensus at the UN

President Obama's address at the United Nations Climate Change Conference

20.12.2009 13:42    voltairenet.org
Good morning. It's an honor to for me to join this distinguished group of leaders from nations around the world. We come together here in Copenhagen because climate change poses a grave and growing danger to our people. You would
President Obama's address at the United Nations Climate Change Conference

Speech by President Chávez at the United Nations Climate Change Conference

20.12.2009 13:42    voltairenet.org
Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, Excellencies, friends: I promise that I will not talk more than most have spoken this afternoon. Allow me an initial comment which I would have liked to make as part of the previous point which
Speech by President Chávez at the United Nations Climate Change Conference

Remarks on the U.S. Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century

20.12.2009 13:42    voltairenet.org
Thank you. It is wonderful being back here at Georgetown in this magnificent Gaston Hall, and to give you something to do during exam week. (Laughter.) It's one of those quasi-legitimate reasons for taking a break - (laughter) - which
Remarks on the U.S. Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century

Sen. Feinstein: Ban BPA from Food and Beverage Containers

20.12.2009 12:23    treehugger.com
Photo via FlickrMy Senator, Diane Feinstein of California, has calling on Congress to ban BPA -- short for bisphenol A, the ubiquitous component of plastics that has been linked to infertility and cancer. Feinstein authored the Ban Poisonous Additives (BPA)
USA    Politics
Sen. Feinstein: Ban BPA from Food and Beverage Containers

Poor Nations' Leader Makes Angry Plea to Obama After Copenhagen: Not Just For Obama (Video)

20.12.2009 12:23    treehugger.com
Help Those Who Need to Be Saved From Climate Change"When Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping, the chairman of the G-77 group of developing countries at Copenhagen, came to the press center at 1 AM last night, he was not there to pontificate
USA    Politics
Poor Nations' Leader Makes Angry Plea to Obama After Copenhagen: Not Just For Obama (Video)

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