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Climate talks look to make little progress

[2014-12-13 08:05]

Rich and poor countries remain at loggerheads over what kind of climate action plans they should present in the run-up to a key summit in Paris next year.

US: No sign Pyongyang wants to restart meeting

[2014-12-13 08:05]

Despite the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's recent freeing of three US captives, the Asian country's leadership appears no closer to reopening a dialogue with the outside, the chief US envoy said on Friday.

'Abhorrent' techniques used by CIA

[2014-12-13 08:05]

The chief of the US spy agency acknowledged on Thursday that some officers of the Central Intelligence Agency used brutal interrogation techniques on terrorist suspects, and there was no proof that useful information was acquired as a result.

Rainstorm knocks out power, disrupts flights in California

[2014-12-13 08:05]

A major storm pummeled California and the Pacific Northwest with heavy rain and high winds on Thursday, killing one man, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, disrupting flights and prompting schools to close.

Ukraine cease-fire real, president says

[2014-12-13 08:05]

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday that a "real" cease-fire was in place in Ukraine, following the first 24 hours in seven months without a military casualty, although he admitted the truce was fragile.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

[2014-12-13 08:05]

Brazilian federal prosecutors announced on Thursday they have formally charged 36 people linked to a corruption and money-laundering scheme at state oil and gas giant Petrobras.

US uses hip-hop to subvert Cuba

[2014-12-12 07:46]

For more than two years, a US agency secretly infiltrated Cuba's underground hip-hop movement, recruiting unwitting rappers to spark a youth movement against the government, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Five things to know about usaid's cuban hip-hop plan

[2014-12-12 07:46]

The USAID hip-hop program was inspired by Serbian student protest concerts that helped oust former president Slobodan Milosevic in 2000. Serbians involved in that effort guided the Cuban hip-hop program.

Garden blooms on Lebanon's former 'trash mountain'

[2014-12-12 07:46]

Lebanon's southern city of Sidon is best known for its Crusader castle and ancient market, but a more modern landmark has marred its Mediterranean shoreline for decades - a towering "mountain" of trash.

Syrian women keep up looks amid conflict

[2014-12-12 07:46]

As government airstrikes and incoming rebel mortar fire rattle buildings in the distance, shoppers at a beauty exhibition in Damascus try not to notice.

Russia turns to India to stave off recession

[2014-12-12 07:46]

Russian President Vladimir Putin was holding talks with Indian leaders on Thursday to strengthen trade and energy cooperation with Asia's third-largest economy, as Western sanctions threaten to push his country's economy to the brink of a recession.

Crimean leader in New Delhi

[2014-12-12 07:46]

The leader of Crimea, the Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia, arrived for talks in New Delhi on Thursday as Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Indian counterpart.

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