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Think-tanks take oil money and use it to fund climate deniers
An orchestrated campaign is being waged against climate change science to undermine public acceptance of man-made global warming, environment experts claimed last night.
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G7 financial leaders focus on budget crises
Sunday, 7 February 2010
A crisis in Europe over budget belt-tightening has upended global markets and seized the attention of financial leaders meeting in the Canadian Arctic.
Darling draws the line at seal meat for his G7 dinner
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Chairs are upholstered with seal skin, goodie bags have seal-skin mittens. But finance ministers meeting in Canada don't want to upset hosts
Iran 'will comply over uranium processing'
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
David Usborne: Tehran accuses US of stirring up Iran-phobia - then Ahmadinejad signals compromise
Who's Obama going to call when he wants to talk to Europe?
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Row over EU summit venue highlights confusion at heart of institution
Bin Laden & Blair: Just when you had 'em taped, they flip
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Osama has turned all green and cuddly while Tony now wants to take out Tehran
US arms deal angers China
Sunday, 31 January 2010
China has threatened to impose sanctions on US arms firms and cut co-operation with Washington unless it cancels a $6.4bn (£4bn) arms sale to Taiwan.
Taliban to be invited into peace talks if they lay down guns
Friday, 29 January 2010
No reconciliation with those who remain loyal to al-Qa'ida, or refuse to accept equality of women under Afghan constitution
Early troop exit derailed by Karzai's 15-year Nato timeframe
Friday, 29 January 2010
Gordon Brown's attempts to sketch out an exit strategy from Afghanistan ran into trouble when the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, suggested that UK troops may need to remain in his country for another 15 years.
The new Afghan plan: buy off Taliban
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Katherine Butler and Andrew Grice: Leaders back multimillion-pound fund and consider an olive branch for leadership
Karzai bows to anti-corruption strategy
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, will today bow to international pressure and announce a five-point plan to stamp out corruption.
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