'Save the World': Watch the Opening Spot From Copenhagen Climate Conference
AFP: Opening ceremonies began with a short film featuring children of the future facing an apocalypse of tempests and desert landscapes if world leaders failed to act today.
AFP: Opening ceremonies began with a short film featuring children of the future facing an apocalypse of tempests and desert landscapes if world leaders failed to act today.
Delegates are expected to utilize more than 1,200 limousines during the UN conference. The Telegraph notes that the number of electric vehicles or hybrids in that number is five.
NYT: There were those who said they had noticed signs of erratic behavior by the suspect, a graduate student at Binghamton University, who, they said, was becoming increasingly fearful — so much so that his roommate said he had warned
AP: The world is entering talks on a new climate pact with unprecendented unity and leaders must seize the moment to create a turning point in the battle against global warming, the U.N.’s top climate official said Sunday.
AP: A consumer group contends one of this season’s must-have toys is unsafe. But the maker of the robotic Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters defended its product against a study that said higher-than-allowed levels of the chemical antimony were found in
AP: The White House is applauding Iraqi lawmakers’ vote Sunday to hold parliament elections early next year, a step that the U.S. hopes will ease the eventual withdrawal of American troops.
Iranian police clashed in Tehran on Monday with opposition demonstrators seeking to renew their challenge to the government six months after a disputed presidential election, witnesses said.
Hopenhagen.org: 100 Hopenhagen citizens came together to share their message of hope for a better planet. This video is a small representation of the people from all over the world who are helping to turn Copenhagen into Hopenhagen in support
AFP: Surrounded by water, a Buddhist temple is one of the last remnants of a Thai village that has vanished beneath the sea — a scene being repeated across Asia and the world. Around 60 families have already been forced
Ogilvy: The United Nations, together with the International Advertising Association (IAA) and a coalition of the world’s leading advertising, marketing and media agencies, today launched Hopenhagen – a movement that empowers global citizens to engage in the December U.N. Climate
Reuters: 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. An attack by a suicide bomber killed nine
Reuters: China sees renewable energy supplying up to one-third of its power needs by 2050, as the coal-dependent nations plans major CO2 cuts.
AFP: Opening ceremonies began with a short film featuring children of the future facing an apocalypse of tempests and desert landscapes if world leaders failed to act today. “There will be hundreds of millions of refugees,” Rajendra Pachauri, head of
Environmental Graffiti: A world championship that won’t make it to the sports front page is the 28th World Elephant Polo Championship, currently taking place deep in the Nepalese jungle. Yes, you read correctly – that’s polo played on elephants’ backs.
WTAE: Louis Murphy’s second touchdown reception of the game, an 11-yard grab with nine seconds remaining, capped a frantic fourth quarter and lifted the Oakland Raiders to a stunning 27-24 victory over the slumping Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field.
Politico: On “Fox News Sunday,” host Chris Wallace asked Petraeus whether Obama acknowledged that the surge was successful, and Petraeus said: “He did, in fact.” But Petraeus, now the commander of the U.S. Central Command, said during the Afghanistan deliberations,
Reuters: In folklore, Krampus was a devil-like figure who drove away evil spirits during the Christian holiday season. Traditionally, he appeared alongside Santa around December 6, the feast of St. Nicholas, and the two are still part of festivities in
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