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Britain, Brazil to seek end to Kyoto climate impasse
Britain and Brazil will seek to break the deadlock over the future of the Kyoto Protocol for combating global warming that has overshadowed U.N. talks to try to work out a modest climate deal in Mexico.
Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia…
Facebook founder unveils changes to profile pages
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg unveiled changes to member profile pages on Sunday and said the movie "The Social Network" got "hugely basic" things wrong about the origins of the site.
Zuckerberg, in an interview with the CBS show "60…
Madoff trustee sues HSBC for $9b
The lawyer searching the globe to recover money for defrauded investors of convicted swindler Bernard Madoff sued HSBC for $9 billion on Sunday, accusing the bank of enabling the largest financial fraud in history.
Court-appointed…
Julian Assange readies to fight extradition plans
The lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has vowed to fight moves to extradite his client from the UK to Sweden.
Swedish authorities are seeking to question Mr Assange regarding sex allegations, which his lawyer Mark Stephens has…
Hundreds of WikiLeaks mirror sites come up
The battle lines between supporters of the whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks and its detractors began to form on Sunday, as supporters erected numerous copies of the site on the Internet and the United States put pressure on Switzerland…
IMF renews monitoring programme of Senegal economy
The IMF on Friday approved a new three-year economic monitoring program for Senegal and said the country's fiscal deficit will be allowed to rise temporarily to accommodate its huge infrastructure needs.
The IMF's Policy Support Instrument…
UK gives £37m to aid overseas farmers on climate change
The government has pledged £37m to help develop farming practices so that poor countries can cope with climate change.
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said there was an "urgent" need for new crops that could survive…
Thabo Mbeki to mediate in Cote d’Ivoire polls row
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki was due to arrive in Ivory Coast on Sunday to help mediate a dispute over an election meant to resolve a decade of conflict, but which looks increasingly likely to worsen it. Skip related content…
Obama open to conditional tax cut compromise
President Obama told Congressional leaders Saturday that he was open to a compromise on extending the Bush-era tax cuts, but threatened to veto if the deal didn’t include an unemployment extension.
Speaking with Majority Leader Harry…
Chemical explosion kills six people at Internet cafe in China
An explosion caused by illegally stored chemicals has killed six people and injured 38 at an Internet cafe in southwest China, state media and the government said Sunday.
The blast occurred in a shop next to the cafe under a bridge late…