The UN climate change conference has opened in Copenhagen, with diplomats from 192 nations attending an event which has taken some time to bring to fruition.
Big News Network.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:33:56 -0500

Moscow, Dec 7 (IANS) India and Russia Monday signed a $100 million credit line agreement and set a target of $20 billion by 2015 to boost bilateral trade.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:00:02 -0500

Copenhagen, Dec 7 (IANS) The UN climate summit, whose decisions will greatly impact planet Earth and future generations, opened in the Danish capital Monday with a call by the host nation to lay aside national differences, while poor countries urged rich ones to take action instead of making speeches.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:30:04 -0500

Copenhagen, Dec 7 (DPA) The first decision taken by the UN climate change conference after it opened Monday was to formalise the appointment of Connie Hedegaard of Denmark as its president.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:20:01 -0500

Copenhagen, Dec 7 (DPA) A young girl from the Fiji Islands moved participants at a climate change conference in Copenhagen Monday with a heartfelt appeal for her country to be saved from global warming and rising sea levels.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:00:02 -0500

Moscow, Dec 7 (IANS) Visiting India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Monday sealed an agreement that will boost bilateral cooperation between the countries in the peaceful use of atomic energy. The expanded nuclear deal, signed after the two leaders held talks in the Kremlin, will significantly broaden Russian atomic fuel exports to India.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:50:01 -0500

London, Dec 7(IANS) Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson, who shot to fame after the success of 'Twilight', says he is scared of not fulfilling fans' expectations.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:50:03 -0500

London, Dec 7 (IANS) Pop star Madonna has brushed off criticism about her overly muscled body insisting she requires rigorous training to cope with her strenuous on stage dance routines.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:50:03 -0500

London, Dec 7 (IANS) Former umpire Dickie Bird believes the International Cricket Council (ICC) has made a serious mistake by introducing the referral system.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:10:03 -0500

Copenhagen, Dec 7 (IANS) The sheer weight of numbers -- 15,000 delegates from 192 governments, NGOs and media -- threatened to overwhelm the organisers as the UN climate summit opened here Monday.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:10:02 -0500

Chisinau (Moldova), Dec 7 (DPA) Moldova's parliament Monday failed to elect a new president in a critical showdown vote, intensifying a political crisis in the former Soviet republic.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:50:03 -0500

Copenhagen, Dec 7 (IANS) The recent leak by climate sceptics of a partial exchange of e-mails between scientists in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has become serious enough for IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri to take on the issue at the inauguration of the UN summit here Monday.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:50:02 -0500

London, Dec 7 (IANS) Royal watchers in Britain are predicting a Christmas engagement for Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton, a newspaper reported Monday.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:40:02 -0500

Moscow, Dec 7 (IANS) Russia and India Monday cemented their ties with an expanded civil nuclear deal and three military pacts as they voiced concern over escalating terrorism.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:20:04 -0500

Copenhagen, Dec 7 (DPA) Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen urged negotiators from nearly 200 countries to forge a 'strong and ambitious' deal as a mammoth UN summit on climate change opened in Copenhagen Monday.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:10:04 -0500

Washington, De 7 : A new study by researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands has suggested that asthmatic smokers can reverse some of the damage to their lungs that exacerbates asthmatic symptoms just by putting down their cigarettes.
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:10:37 -0500

Moscow, Dec 7 : India and Russia are set to sign a landmark civil nuclear pact on Monday after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's summit talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:10:05 -0500

Melbourne, Dec 7 (IANS) In a scathing attack on the Indian cricket board, Australian media Monday said the financially strong Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is doing every bit to kill Test cricket even as their team has taken the top spot in the traditional format.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:20:02 -0500

Madrid, Dec 7 (DPA) Real Madrid will be without Kaka until January, according to sports daily AS Monday.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:40:02 -0500

Rome, Dec 7 (DPA) Serie A newcomers Parma retained fourth place with a 2-2 draw at Genoa, who remained one point adrift in fifth position in the Italian Serie A.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:20:05 -0500

Stuttgart, Dec 7 (DPA) Struggling VfB Stuttgart appointed Swiss coach Christian Gross to succeed Markus Babbel who was dismissed a day after fan protests before and after a 1-1 draw with VfL Bochum.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:20:04 -0500

Barcelona, Dec 7 (DPA) Rafael Nadal expects to begin his 2010 training at midweek as he makes up for time lost during a pair of injury absences this past ATP season.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:20:03 -0500

London, Dec 7 (DPA) They said he couldn't shoot - some said he couldn't play - but in the past week, Darron Gibson has scored three goals to emerge as the pick of Manchester United's present crop of bright young players.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:20:03 -0500

London, Dec 7 (IANS) Dramatic weight loss can reverse the effects of severe sleep apnoea, says a new study.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:20:03 -0500

London, Dec 7 (IANS) The earth's temperature may be 30 to 50 percent more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) than has previously been estimated, says a new study.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:30:02 -0500

London, Dec 7 (IANS) Hollywood actress Eva Longoria Parker is addicted to Mexican food.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:30:07 -0500

London, Dec 7 (IANS) Singer Lily Allen is planning to quit London and splash out more than $2 million on a country retreat.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:30:05 -0500

London, Dec 7 (IANS) Singing legend Barbra Streisand has been sued by a carpenter over allegations of negligence after he fell into a ditch while working at her California home.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:30:04 -0500

London, Dec 7 (IANS) Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston is planning to launch her own range of cookbooks.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:30:03 -0500

London, Dec 7 (IANS) A potent new antibiotic has opened up completely new ways of knocking out resistant bugs, says a new study.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:30:02 -0500

Athens, Dec 7 (DPA) Violence escalated in Greece's two largest cities Sunday as protesters hurled petrol bombs and burning garbage bins at police to commemorate the first anniversary of the shooting death of a teenager by police.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:30:02 -0500

London, Dec 6 (IANS) Cosmetic surgery is not sexy, according to former American supermodel Cindy Crawford.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:10:02 -0500

London, Dec 6 (IANS) British pop star Lady Gaga has claimed to have had a phobia of intimacy.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:30:02 -0500

London, Dec 6 (IANS) Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has revealed she feels fortunate enough that her work also allows her to take time off to raise her six children because she feels 'just' like any ordinary mother.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:30:01 -0500

London, Dec 6 (IANS) The 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy has been voted as the best movie of the past decade in a magazine poll.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:10:02 -0500

London, Dec 6 (IANS) American rapper-actor Snoop Dogg has said he wants to win awards at functions, as he has become tired of only being nominated and never taking home a trophy.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:10:02 -0500

Moscow, Dec 6 (IANS) The closing ceremony of the 'Year of India in Russia' that was to be attended by visiting India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur Monday evening in Moscow has been cancelled in the wake of a fire in a jampacked Russian nightclub that killed 110 people.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:50:01 -0500

Copenhagen, Dec 6 (DPA) The Organisers of the Copenhagen summit have urged world leaders to get serious about climate change Sunday as thousands of officials from more than 190 nations headed here for 12 days of negotiations aimed at stopping global warming.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:20:02 -0500

(Getty Images) PERM, Russia (AP) — Grieving friends and relatives of victims of a Russian nightclub fire are burying the dead on a frigid day as the death toll climbs to 113.The prospect of many m...
WHP CBS 21 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:52:01 -0500

Romania's President Wins First Round Of Controversial Election Romanian President Traian Basescu has won the country's presidential runoff election, but the rival Social Democrat party is contesting t...
VOA Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:51:38 -0500

Zlatan Ibrahimovic talks exclusively to Graham Hunter in the latest edition of Champions magazine, the official magazine of the UEFA Champions League. Here, in an extract from that article, the FC Ba...
UEFA Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:51:08 -0500

Abu Dhabi, Dec 7 : The UAE's Minister of Environment and Water Rashid Ahmed bin Fahad and visiting Swedish Minister for Trade Ewa Bjorling Monday discussed sharing the expertise in green technology.
New Kerala Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:44:55 -0500

By Sarwar Kashani, Moscow, Dec 7 : Russia and India Monday cemented their ties with an expanded civil nuclear deal and three military pacts as they voiced concern over escalating terrorism.
New Kerala Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:44:52 -0500

KOP ), announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of privately-owned Cindu Chemicals B.V. ("Cindu") from joint owners Cindu B.V. and Corus Staal B.V. ...
Market Wire Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:43:28 -0500

Protestors burn a Greek flag during a demonstration commemorating the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by police a year ago, on December 6, 2009 in central Athens, Greece. Two po...
Fox 23 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:37:56 -0500

ATHENS, Greece ? Masked youths smashed store windows and hurled rocks and firebombs at riot police who responded with tear gas Monday in a second day of violence during commemorations of last yea...
Fox News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:37:53 -0500

Prague - Former Danish premier Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was re-elected Monday as the president of the Party of European Socialists, the second largest grouping in the European Union political arena. The p...
Earth Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:36:30 -0500

Stuttgart - Police raided the offices and homes of executives at Germany's biggest public bank on Monday, pursing an inquiry into how Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg (LBBW) invested in nearly worthless ...
Earth Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:36:22 -0500

Santo Domingo.- President Leonel Fernandez will arrive in the country from New York today, where made a stop after his tour of Europe and headed several private activities. Several senior officials w...
Dominican Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:36:18 -0500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WARSAW, Poland -- A Polish historian says he has made a surprising find when poring through World War I archives - he discovered the death certificate of the Red Baron. Maciej...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:29:29 -0500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME -- Italy's foreign minister says there has been no adverse relations between Rome and Washington over the murder conviction of American student Amanda Knox in Italy. Knox...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:29:29 -0500

The EU has reviewed Ukraine's slow progress towards integration with the 27-nation bloc at a summit in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.Beneath the bland diplomatic language associated with such events ther...
BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:20:19 -0500

Mr Davutoglu said failure in Afghanistan was not an option Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu may not use the phrase "regional power", but nearly everyone else does to describe...
BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:20:18 -0500

Business reporter, BBC News A scruffy Chevy with the name Ampera written on the bonnet comes across as a particularly unambitious vision of the future.But, this first impression turns out to b...
BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:20:16 -0500

COPENHAGEN ? A much-anticipated global meeting of nearly 200 nations ? all seeking what has so far been elusive common ground on the issue of...
International Herald Tribune Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:17:10 -0500

ROME (AP) -- Italy's foreign minister says there has been no adverse relations between Rome and Washington over the murder conviction of American student Amanda Knox in Italy.
Associated Press Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:16:12 -0500

Italy's foreign minister says there has been no adverse relations between Rome and Washington over the murder conviction of American student Amanda Knox in Italy. Knox got 26 years in prison for murde...
Sun-Sentinel Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:10:19 -0500

., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, scores highest in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) of the fifty largest companies listed at Euronext Ams...
AZoM Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:47:24 -0500

Dec 7, 2009 - 05:13 - WAM Dubai, 7th Dec. 2009 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and President of Dubai International Financial Centre, received to...
WAM Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:45:37 -0500

Dec 7, 2009 - 04:54 - WAM Abu Dhabi, 7th Dec. 2009 (WAM) -- Exchange of expertise on green economy and technology were the focus of talks held today between H.E. Dr. Rashid Ahmed bin Fahad, Minister o...
WAM Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:45:34 -0500

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei . Journalists working for foreign media outlets were also banned from covering the planned protests. A national day of mourning was declared in...
Yahoo! News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:42:29 -0500

PERM, Russia (AP) - Grieving friends and relatives of victims of a Russian nightclub fire buried the dead on a frigid Monday as the death toll climbed to 113 and looked likely to rise. The prospect of...
Find Law Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:41:44 -0500

LONDON (AP) -- European stocks and Wall Street futures fell modestly Monday as some investors feared that a quicker U.S. economic recovery will cause interest rates to rise sooner than expected.
Tampa Bay Online Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:41:06 -0500

While cooperating more closely with the United States on military planning, France sees independent access to space intelligence as a strategic priority.
World Bulletin Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:22:06 -0500

Germany's government will compensate to the families of civilian victims of September's German-ordered air strike in Afghanistan, a spokesman said on Monday. Up to 142 people were killed in the late-n...
World Bulletin Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:22:05 -0500

Juventus centre-back Giorgio Chiellini will miss Tuesday's decisive UEFA Champions League Group A fixture against FC Bayern München after a calf injury saw him ruled out of action for several weeks.
UEFA Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:21:00 -0500

Though a thigh injury has consigned him to the sidelines, Zdravko Kuzmanovic is backing Bundesliga strugglers VfB Stuttgart to "rise again", starting with the visit of FC Unirea Urziceni in a must-w...
UEFA Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:21:00 -0500

Romania have been confirmed as hosts of the 2010/11 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and the 52 sides hoping to join them in the eight-team final tournament will go into the qualifying round draw a...
UEFA Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:20:59 -0500

Independent News and Media says it has raised €150 million this year through disposals, following the completion of the sale of its 49% interest in Verivox Holdings Limited. The transaction wi...
RTE Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:16:04 -0500

Posted on: Monday, 7 December 2009, 06:46 CST With Motorola and Sony Ericsson choosing it for their top models, Android has won the attention of the mobile industry, according to a recent Reuters r...
RedOrbit Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:15:49 -0500

STUTTGART, Germany, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- TZS today announced the launch of its business operations in Germany as prominent information technology experts gather in Stuttgart for an "Open House" even...
RedOrbit Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:15:46 -0500

European stock markets fell Monday as the dollar jumped to a five week high against the euro amid improved expectations about the pace of recovery in the world's largest economy.The FTSE 100 index of ...
Examiner Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:07:08 -0500

Tallinn - Consumer prices in Estonia dipped for a seventh straight month in November, according to figures released Monday, meaning the Baltic state and European Union member remains on track to adopt...
Earth Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:06:36 -0500

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's government will pay compensation to the families of civilian victims of September's German-ordered air strike in Afghanistan which Kabul says killed 30 civilians as well a...
The Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:01:41 -0500

Romania's opposition Social Democrat party says Sunday's presidential election was rigged and plans to contest the result.Official results showed incumbent President Traian Basescu with a winning marg...
BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:53:58 -0500

- AEterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS; TSX: AEZ) (the "Company"), a global biopharmaceutical company focused on endocrine therapy and oncology, today reported Phase 3 results for its Europea...
Earth Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:45:30 -0500

By Atul Prakash LONDON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - European shares retreated from a two-week closing high the previous session, with UK lenders pressured by the possibility of a tax on bankers' bonuses. At 090...
London South East Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:33:09 -0500

Children were the focus at the opening of the Copenhagen climate summit, which kicked off with an alarming video showing a young girl having a nightmare about global warming.
SBS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:19:06 -0500

Greece fired tear gas canisters at youths Monday during a second day of protests commemorating a teenager shot dead by police last year, an incident that sparked the country's worst unrest in decades....
Yahoo! News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:19:03 -0500

BDDK said total banking sector loans increased 1% on the year to TRY377.058 billion in October. The banking sector's capital adequacy ratio rose to 20.4% in October from 18% in...
Morning Star Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:18:51 -0500

Antonis Nikopolidis knows his Olympiacos FC side are just a point away from guaranteeing a place in the UEFA Champions League first knockout round, but the goalkeeper is taking nothing for granted be...
UEFA Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:59:48 -0500

Nemanja Vidic has been ruled out of Manchester United's Champions League trip to Wolfsburg, leaving Alex Ferguson with a threadbare defence as his team attempt to secure top spot in Group B. United h...
RTE Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:54:12 -0500

Independent News and Media says it has raised €150 million this year through disposals, following the completion of the sale of its 49% interest in Verivox Holdings Limited. The transaction wi...
RTE Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:54:07 -0500

With six European titles between them, Bayern Munich and Juventus have grown accustomed to advancing in the Champions League, but one of them will be eliminated ön Tuesday when they meet in the last ...
NDTV Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:52:01 -0500

Copenhagen is preparing for the climate change summit that will produce as much carbon dioxide as a town the size of Middlesbrough. On a normal day, Majken Friss Jorgensen, managing director of Copen...
Independent.ie Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:48:03 -0500

The euro was higher against the U.S. dollar Monday, regaining some ground after a positive jobs report from Washington helped bolster the American currency.The 16-nation euro bought $1.4888 in Europea...
eTaiwan News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:47:34 -0500

With six European titles between them, Bayern Munich and Juventus have grown accustomed to advancing in the Champions League, but one of them will be eliminated Tuesday when they meet in the last roun...
eTaiwan News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:47:14 -0500

(PRAGUE) - Take a tram instead of a taxi and don't change your towel every day -- such are the rules at a two-day "carbon-free" congress of the Party of European Socialists (PES), which star...
EU Business Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:44:50 -0500

Berlin - Germany is to compensate the families of Afghan civilians killed in an airstrike in September, the Defence Ministry said on Monday. The ministry was in contact with a lawyer representing the ...
Earth Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:44:34 -0500

Moscow - Russia marked a national day of mourning Monday for the 112 people who died in a nightclub fire, the largest in Russian history, in the Urals city of Perm on Friday. About 130 people were inj...
Earth Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:44:32 -0500