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ANALYSIS-Indonesia aims to balance coal and forests

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:03:45 +0000

Source: Reuters By Jackie Cowhig LONDON, July 7 (Reuters) - Indonesia, the world's number one coal exporter and a major greenhouse gas emitter, is struggling with conflicting green and growth aims. It wants to ...

DIARY - Global Environment

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:00:52 +0000

Source: Reuters Double click on [IND/DIARY] for an index of all diaries For additional information on carbon market and climate policyevents, please join the Reuters online carbon community at; http://www. ...

Bomb at Indian embassy kills 41 in Afghanistan

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:00:22 +0000

Source: Reuters (Updates with Afghan charge against foreign agents, details) By Samar Zwak KABUL, July 7 (Reuters) - A Taliban suicide car bomb hit the Indian Embassy in Kabul on Monday, killing 41 people and ...

G8 warned Africans of Zimbabwe sanctions - Canada

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:59:59 +0000

Source: Reuters (For more G8 summit stories, click on [G7/G8]) TOYAKO, Japan, July 7 (Reuters) - Major industrial powers told African leaders on Monday that they would call for more sanctions against ...

Iraq says US deal could include withdrawal timetable

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:57:37 +0000

Source: Reuters BAGHDAD, July 7 (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki raised the prospect on Monday of setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops as part of negotiations over a new security deal ...

Merkel: Would back more sanctions against Zimbabwe

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:54:22 +0000

Source: Reuters (For more G8 summit stories, click on [G7/G8]) TOYAKO, Japan, July 7 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would back more sanctions on Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe was declared ...

Polish minister heads to U.S. to revive shield talks

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:49:41 +0000

Source: Reuters WARSAW, July 7 (Reuters) - Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski flew to Washington on Monday to try to salvage talks with the United States on missile defence after Warsaw rejected a U.S. ...

Georgian rebel region blast death toll rises to 4

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:48:42 +0000

Source: Reuters (Recasts, adds Georgia raised at Bush meeting with Medvedev) SUKHUMI, Georgia, July 7 (Reuters) - The death toll from a blast that ripped through a crowded cafe in Georgia's breakaway region of ...

Gunmen kill Egyptian officer near Israel border

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:31:28 +0000

Source: Reuters CAIRO, July 7 (Reuters) - Masked gunmen shot dead an Egyptian police officer on Monday when he was trying to stop them from helping African migrants cross the border into Israel, a security official ...

Iran kills insurgent, captures another - media

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:26:57 +0000

Source: Reuters TEHRAN, July 7 (Reuters) - Iranian forces have killed a suspected Kurdish insurgent and captured another in a clash in the country's northwest, media reported on Monday. Iran's Press TV quoted ...