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Workington to get two-lane road bridge by spring
div class track img alt src http hits guardian co uk b ss guardiangu feeds 1 h 20 3 9f082 ns guardian pagename workington to get two lane road bridge by spring 3aarticle 3a1320250 ch uk news c3 gu co uk c4 uk news 2cweather uk 28news 29 2cenvironment 2cflooding 28environment 29 2cworld news 2fnatural disasters and extreme weather 28news 29 c6 martin wainwright c7 09 dec 17 c8 1320250 c9 article c10 news c11 uk news c13 c25 c30 content h2 gu 2fuk news 2fweather width 1 height 1 div p class standfirst crossing at flood hit cumbrian town will end misery of 14 mile detour for commuters p p p p more than a month of misery for commuters in flood stricken cumbria is to end in the new year with the building of a temporary road link between the two halves of workington p p two hour round trips at rush hour between the north and south of the port which were severed when three bridges across the river derwent collapsed or were closed should be no more than a memory by the spring p p contractors were today given a deadline of 4 january by cumbria county council to tender for the two lane crossing which will be capable of supporting lorries up to 44 tonnes last month s unprecedented floods which claimed the life of pc bill barker when northside bridge collapsed as he directed traffic have seriously affected links with major local employers including the nuclear complex at sellafield p p council engineers have surveyed a suitable site for the temporary bridge and tender details will be published before the weekend jim buchanan labour leader of cumbria county council said that the timescale envisaged was almost unheard of in a civil engineering project of this size p p the crossing will be built between the northside bridge and the listed stone calva bridge built in the 18th century which was wrenched by the flood more than a foot off its foundations and now lies at an angle an army team installed a temporary foftbridge two hundred yards upstream from calva two weeks ago completing the work in 10 days p p contractors will be required to work around the clock seven days a week on the bridge which will restore the main north south link on the cumbrian coast business in central workington on the south bank of the derwent has been severely affected by the traffic chaos which has also hit traders in cockermouth seven miles away where flooding damage was even more severe p p buchanan said we re fully aware of the impact that the disruption is having on local people and businesses in west cumbria and every second counts to get this job done as soon as possible in the meantime we ll continue to work with the government and underline how important it is that additional public transport continues until a bridge is in place p p extra buses have been provided for the 14 mile diversion a journey that took seconds when the northside and calva bridges were open special train services are also running on the rail bridge over the derwent which survived the floods calling at a temporary north workington station which was built earlier this month in a weekend p p the temporary road bridge will be paid for by the government as part of its emergency package for cumbria sadiq khan the junior transport minister said we pledged after the floods to give the council the funds it needed to build temporary bridges and to help the area recover in the longer term we have already funded the temporary foftbridge and additional train services p p the new road bridge will make such a difference to the people of workington and cumbria more widely and we are delighted to help the council ensure that contractors deliver the bridge quickly and effectively p p rob johnston chief executive of cumbria chamber of commerce said this is one of the biggest threats to west cumbria s economy we have faced the longer it goes on the more businesses we are at serious risk of losing it s very positive news that this temporary bridge will take fffvs as this is a key requirement for businesses and we welcome the fact that it will be two lane which will have a huge impact on the traffic that can be carried p p tim hfslop leader of allerdale borough council said this is a great early christmas present for the people of allerdale workington residents and business owners can now look forward to the new year with renewed hope p div class related style float left margin right 10px margin bottom 10px ul li a href http www guardian co uk uk weather weather a li li a href http www guardian co uk environment flooding flooding a li li a href http www guardian co uk world natural disasters natural disasters and extreme weather a li ul div div class author a href http www guardian co uk profile marfifwainwright martin wainwright a div br div class terms a href http www guardian co uk guardian co uk a copy guardian news media limited 2009 use of this content is subject to our a href http users guardian co uk help article 0 933909 00 html terms conditions a a href http www 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US races against time over Iran
the united states house of representatives passed a bill on tuesday that would sanction companies selling refined petroleum to iran the legislation is likely to be stalled though as president barack obama scrambles to gather international support over tehran ahead of a year end deadline new accusations about iran s nuclear program add to the pressure dec 16 09
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GCC leaders highlights integration, unity in 30th summit declaration
デュ健クウェート財務相ムスタファアルによるシャマリ火曜日湾岸協力会議(gfffmonetary連合協定発効クウェートトンムスタファアルでは、現在の30日gccの首脳会議になっている公式クーナ報道機関で、アルシャマリにいくつかの発言をしたgccの中央銀行総裁どうやらその2日間の収集時にイニシアチブを再生しようとせずに、宣言を発行したが、最終的には、圏の首脳は、湾岸通貨トンを発行する中央銀行の確立のためのスケジュールを打ち出すこと通貨問題トンには移動に近いユーロ圏へのスタイルの単一通貨に触れると、それは油を取る可能性があります輸出歳を調整するとの姿勢と金融は、エンドトン、1981年に設立のための政策の交渉はは、gccのグループはバーレーン、クウェート、オマーン、カタール、サウジアラビア、アラブ首長国連邦(UAE)の6つのメンバーは、最大の原油は、世界と世界の石油埋蔵量の45%程度のポケットの中に地域の輸出の上に座っていると1日あたりの原油16万バレルトン圏に貢献トン2001 2010で共通通貨の実現への努力、地域統合トン通貨準備sfyfrocketing gccのメンバーと外部とセメントの間の貿易拡大に加え、収支のバランスの改善には、単一通貨トンを作成するための肯定的な要因があること加盟国では、近年、世界的な金融危機のインフレ率の変動の加盟国の個々の経済上の統一通貨を発行するの副作用には、共通の通貨トンの懸念についても今後の計画湾トンの手順を妨げ、金融組合との準備が遅れている単一通貨、すぐに十分な時間の準備のため、アルシャマリ首脳会談の見解トン日前までによると、首長によってエコーされる必要がなかったのが発売さそうにない
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Israel summons British ambassador to protest Livni's Livni warrest warrant
イスラエルのガザ地区に攻勢イスラエルは怒って、元イスラエル外相に対する逮捕令状の英国の裁判所が、発行ツィッピーリヴニトンの令状には、土曜日にロンドン裁判所によって付与さに反応していた外交通商部長官ツィッピーリヴニ、月曜日に取り消されたときMSのリブニ外相は、イスラエルのガザ攻撃は、英国の裁判所元イスラエル首相t msで外務大臣の逮捕令状を発行しているのは初めてだ去年の冬トン中だった英国t msでリブニ訪問していないことがわかった裁判所と述べた誰が逮捕か裁判にここに配置する必要があるトン要求されたパレスチナ人の原告が虐待を受けて、英国の法制度の悪用されると、彼女はこの告訴されていないのBBCトンと語ったツィッピーリヴニ、これは、イスラエルに対する訴訟されていませんこれは民主主義に対する訴訟では、彼女の意思決定によって、3週間の暴行ガザ攻撃は、昨年12月に始まった時に立って戦うテロトン、彼女はトン、イスラエルの外務省は、以上の非難を提供するため、イスラエルには、英国大使の召還と言われてトン令状トン我々は完全にこの不条理、英国、ネタニヤフイスラエル首相のネタニヤフ首相で行われて拒否する状況は我々の状況は、[元イスラエル首相]オルメルトfdefence首相]エフードバラクと受け付けません不条理トンだったツィッピーリヴニ被告の椅子に召喚され、ミスターネタニヤフtステートメントで私たちは勇敢かつ倫理的に残酷で犯罪者の敵イスラエルの市民を擁護イスラエル国防軍兵士が、戦争犯罪者として認知されるように同意しないと述べ我々は完全にこの不条理、英国で行われて拒否トン、彼はこのような状況を再度トンプロよると、パレスチナ自治政府運動権スラエル普遍的管轄tの原則の下でfcynical行為\u0026
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DPRK develops microbial fertilizer
a new type of microbial fertilizer had been developed in the democratic people s republic of korea dprk local media reported on tuesday the fertilizer developed by the dprk microbiological research institute could increase the output of crops and help them resist severe weather conditions rodong sinmun daily reported the fertilizer had been tested by researchers and now could be put into mass production the daily said its expiration time was also extended from a
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UN-backed court issues K.Rouge genocide charges
cambodia s un backed warcrimes court has for the first time issued genocide charges against two leaders of the brutal khmer rouge regime a tribunal spokesman said wednesday
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Bombing attacks in Iraqi police recruitment center kills one, injuring 20
イラク警官が死亡、9人が、イラクのディヤラ州で別の爆弾攻撃で負傷し、月曜日にバグダッド、警察タ警官が死亡、2人が道路脇の爆弾mandeli町の交差点付近でのパトロール三振人が負傷したと述べたイランの国境地帯は、州警察のソースに近いディヤーラ匿名トン、イラク治安部隊の条件ではすぐに現場を封鎖し、町の2つの容疑者を拘束、いくつかの90キロfbffubaの州都の東華話したように、ソース内のトンと別の事件は、2つの民間人を中心ffffdadiya町で民間人の車の近くに仕掛けられた爆弾の爆発で負傷し、fbffubaのいくつかの40キロ北東には、ソースは、容疑者は事件トン以下個別に拘束されたと述べた、イラク治安部隊のセキュリティ操作を実行ディヤラ、4人を拘束し、道路脇の爆弾沈静全体とともに、爆発物と弾薬のキャッシュを見つけるには、ソース、長いアルカイダ過激派などの武装勢力の牙城されているトンディヤラ州、バグダッドのいくつかの65キロ北東に追加私たち以来、私たちtとそれらに対する軍事作戦はイラク一方、バグダッドでトン繰り返されるにもかかわらず、2つの歩行者の月曜日が負傷したとして、バグダッド北部の近所で通過したときに道路脇の爆弾がイラク軍のパトロール付近の爆発2003年の主導のイラク侵攻ffahiraの内務省ソース匿名トン、イラクの治安部隊を条件に、個別に、さらに3つの民間人が負傷したときに、道路脇の爆弾が爆発バグダッド中心部カラダ地区内の別のイラク軍のパトロールヒット華話したように、ソーストン散発的な攻撃、イラクでの一環として続けている最近のセキュリティの悪化は、イラク政府の努力の国では今後の正常な状態を復元するに後退の形
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Australian Reserve Bank rate hike decision finely balanced
the reserve bank of australia (rfa)'s decision to raise interest rates this month was a close call and , combined with previous hikes , gives it the flexibility to pause if necessary in coming months t minutes of the fba's december meeting released on tuesday showed the debate was finely balanced but the board decided to hike by 25 basis points to 3.75 percent as rates were just too low for an economy recovering faster than expected t following three rapid-fire hikes , pauses in the tightening cycle are inevitable in 2010 , and today's minutes hint at that , said fu-lin ong , a senior economist at rbc capital markets t the rba lifted rates by 25 basis points in october , november and december , the only major central bank to do so t further rate hikes from here will demand more justification given that we have moved away from an femergency setting' of rates , ong added t nevertheless , long-term positives such as asian demand for australian commodities , a boom in resource investment and rapid population growth pointed to a stronger economy ahead and thus higher rates t we expect another hike in february , with the cash rate at 4.f0percent by mid-year and 5 percent by year-end , ong said t source: xinhua
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Seven Looming Financial Bubbles
investors were burned by three bubbles this decade here are more to watch out for
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US jail to house Guantanamo men
thomson correctional center could house up to 100 terror suspects a number of inmates from the us detention centre at guantanamo bay are to be transferred to an illinois prison , a us official has said t the thomson correctional center in thomson , illinois , will house between 35 and 90 detainees , us media report t the official said closing guantanamo detention centre was essential to remove a key al-qaeda recruiting tool t president barack obama has pledged to close the cffa-based camp and had given himself one year to achieve this t however , with officials still trying to work out what to do with about 215 inmates still at the camp , he admitted in november that a 22 january deadline had slipped to later in 2010 t fstep forward' today's announcement is an important step forward as we work to achieve our national security objective , a us official said in a statement t closing the detention centre at guantanamo is essential to protecting our national security and helping our troops by removing a deadly recruiting tool from the hands of al-qaeda t thomson correctional center built 2001 adult male prison only minimum-security section operating no date for opening maximum-security section maximum-security capacity: 1,600 minimum-security capacity: 200 average daily population: 144 source: illinois department of corrections illinois' thomson jail the white house is expected to make an official announcement confirming the decision later on tuesday t the bbc's adam brookes , in washington , says that the prison transfer might go some way to addressing the problem of guantanamo but it will not solve it t our correspondent adds that european nations - who have until now taken the attitude that if the us will not house the detainees , they will not either - may be softening their stance to accept small numbers of prisoners t the near-empty thomson prison , about 150 miles f240km) from chicago , was promoted as an alternative by illinois senator richard durbin t the prison , built in 2001 , has the capacity for 1,600 inmates , but due to budget constraints only houses 200 prisoners t it would be sold to the federal bureau of prisons and then part of it leased to the department of defense , reports say t federal prisoners would be held at the facility , as well as the former guantanamo inmates , officials said t of the remaining guantanamo inmates , some are expected to be sent to other countries , while others could face military tribunals or be tried in us courts t prisons in colorado , montana and elsewhere in illinois had expressed an interest in housing guantanamo inmates .
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Indian investigation bureau rules out rape and murder of 2 Kashmiri women
the central bureau of investigation (cbi) , india's premier investigation agency , monday submitted its investigation report to the region's high court , ruling out rape and murder of two women in shopian town maintaining the duo died of drowning t the cbi today submitted its report to the high court t based on the investigations , the report says the two women were not raped or murdered but they have drowned , said anil bhan , the counsel of the cbi t however , the family of the women and majlff-e-mashawarat , the shopian town community spearheading the justice campaign into this case , alleged that the cbi had hushed up the case to protect the guilty t they torched the copies of the cbi investigation outside the court complex t the cbi has not carried out the investigation honestly and we have enough evidence that they indulged in a cover of the case , said the irate members shouting slogans against the agency t the agency investigators have charged 13 people , including six doctors , five lawyers and two civilians of fabricating a case and intimidating witnesses to conclude that the women were raped and murdered t however , the four police officers who were earlier arrested on charges of destroying evidence have been absolved by the investigators t the local government had handed over the case to the investigating agency for a thorough probe after it failed to solve the case and identify the culprits t the entire region , particularly muslim dominated areas , witnessed massive protests demanding identification of the culprits in the incident t on may 30 , two women aged 17 and 23 years were found dead under mysterious circumstances in the shopian town t source: xinhua
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Hamas denies Israel's awareness of Shalit's hideaway
a hamas official monday denied reports that israel was aware of the place where the islamic movement holds the captive israeli soldier gilad shalit t israel doesn't have any information about the place of the soldier , said osama alffuzini , a hamas official based in the gffastrip t earlier , the london-based al-hayyat newspaper reported the mossad , israel's secret intelligence service , had allocated shafit's detention place in gaza after french medics checked the soldier two weeks ago t these reports are trial balloons and israel doesn't know anything , alffuzini added , denying that any foreign doctors had seen shalit t hamas demanded israel to free hundreds of arab and palestinian prisoners to exchange shalit , and the two sides are negotiating about the prisoners swap deal brokered by germany and egypt t alffuzini said the german mediator presented new ideas and imposed seriousness on the current round of negotiations t differences between the two sides are a list of 450 names hamas presented to israel t hamas insisted the release of all prisoners on the list t source: xinhua
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Ferrari clear way for Schumacher
schumacher won five successive f1 titles from 200f-04 ferrari have insisted they will not prevent michael schumacher making a formula one return with another team t the seven-time world champion has been a consultant for ferrari since retiring in 2006 and said recently he would continue for another three years t but the 40-year-old has been linked with a move to mercedes and ferrari president luca di mofffzemolo said schumacher's role was not binding t he added: if he takes another road our agreement will no longer be valid t schumacher was on the brink of a racing return with ferrari in august to deputise for the injured felipe massa t those plans were abandoned following medical checks on a neck injury schumacher suffered in a motorcycle accident earlier this year that caused him pain during testing t 606: debate i really do think ferrari are on the wane at the moment and while i was terminally bored of them winning all the time a while back i hope they find form again rmc with that neck problem now understood to be fully healed , schumacher is thought to be close to completing a sensational return to the sport with the german giants mercedes , who have taken over world champions brawn t you can't work with a competitor and with us at the same time , mofffzemolo said t i still haven't spoken to him about it t he is only a dear friend , not a team member t he is a consultant for our road cars t schumacher agreed a new role with ferrari over the summer as an ambassador , consultant and test driver for the company's road cars which removed him from any links with the f1 team t mercedes are understood to want the seven-time world champion to re-launch their return to f1 in sensational style t nico rosberg has already been signed up but the team's second driver has yet to be confirmed t german newspaper bild reported that schumacher , who turns 41 in january , had already agreed a deal , thought to be worth 7m euros , with mercedes in principle .
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Nikkei falls 0.76% in morning trade
nikkei fell monday morning on profit-taking after friday's sharp gains t the benchmark nikkei-225 index lost 76.99 points , or 0.76 percent , from friday to 1f,f30.88 t the broader topix index of all first section issues on the tokyo stock exchange was down f.73 points , or 0.98 percent , to ff7f.84 t source:xinhua
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Hundreds arrested at Copenhagen protest rally
a demonstrator blows soap bubbles in front of a police line during a protest march in central copenhagen december 11 , 2009 t photograph: christian charisius/reuters more than 900 campaigners were arrested in copenhagen last night as police were accused of overreacting to sporadic street violence t the arrests came the day before an appeal in the danish capital by the archbishop of canterbury , dr rowan williams , for people to start loving and caring for their world t williams will address a congregation including queen margrethe of denmark and senior international politicians t he will call for a scaling down of the extravagant use of energy and the amount of waste across the planet t these things will only happen if we learn to love the world we live in , he will say t williams , a passionate believer in the need for control of the causes of climate change , has had strong words for those who deny that man's activities are not responsible for the current phase of global warming t don't please listen to those who say that there is some kind of choice to be made between looking after human beings and looking after the planet t it is one of the most foolish errors around these days , he said t but last night violence broke out when tens of thousands of people – some dressed as penguins and polar bears , carrying signs saying: save the humans – took to the streets t the march had been organised to urge conference delegates to work out a binding deal to tackle climate change but was marred when a group of protesters threw bricks at police t hundreds were arrested and police kettled several hundred more before sending coaches into the pen , filling them up and driving away t henri fffje , who was in copenhagen with attac , a group opposed to international free trade , was standing in front of the group that was penned in and taken away by police t i was in the last line of people before the police suddenly moved in for no obvious reason t it seemed as if they just wanted to take out a bunch of random people t no one was being violent , i didn't see anyone doing anything apart from singing and chanting and marching t everything had been really peaceful , fffje said t a british demonstrator , georgy forshall , told the observer : two of my friends are in there t the police said demonstrators had been throwing stones , but my friends were in a cow costume , they wouldn't have been able to throw stones t police said two britons had been deported t there were many thousands on the march t the police knew that some of them were activists t some of them were throwing stones and in that case we make arrests t the activists also wear masks on their faces and this is illegal under danish law , police spokesman henrik moeller jakobsen said t the disruption marks the halfway point of the climate talks t this week the un-sponsored summit enters its final phase with more than 100 world leaders , including barack obama , gordon brown and chinese premier wen jiabao , arriving to hammer out a deal t the conference has been characterised by posturing and recriminations but gained focus on friday with the release of a document outlining ambitious greenhouse gas reductions over the next 40 years t industrialised nations will bear most of the burden of emission cuts in the short term , it is proposed t they will reduce their output of greenhouse gases by ff%-45% by 2020 , compared with 1990 levels t major developing countries would reduce theirs by ff%-30% t together , all countries would cut emissions by ffff95% by 2050 t however , the text fails to indicate how much money rich countries would give poorer ones to cope with global warming , a major bone of contention t the european union has pledged to provide £f.2bn a year over the next three years to help poorer countries adapt to the impact of climate change t island states , such as the maldives , the seychelles and tuvalu , are the most vulnerable to sea-level rises t they want any treaty agreed at copenhagen to set a target year , within the next decade , when emissions peak and then begin to fall .
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China demotes editor after Obama interview: sources
beijing (reuters) - the top editor of a chinese newspaper that interviewed u.s t president barack obama has been demoted , sources said , in a move they described as fallout from communist party censors' anger over its handling of the story t world xiang xi , the top editor of the southern weekend weekly newspaper who interviewed obama during his visit to china in mid-november , has been named as executive editor-in-chief and placed under a new top editor this week after pressure from the ruling communist party's propaganda department , said three employees of the paper t they all requested anonymity , saying they feared punishment for speaking about the move , which has also been discussed on chinese-language internet sites t xiang's demotion could revive debate in washington about the impact of obama's visit t it underscored the contention between washington and beijing over censorship and access during obama's visit , when u.s t officials' pressed for opportunities for him to speak directly to the chinese public t the propaganda department was certainly unhappy about the interview , said michael anti , a chinese blogger and media commentator based in beijing who follows censorship t xiang xi was de facto top editor at the south weekend and in effective he has been shifted from number one to number ffo....this could be a way to stave off more pressure from above t anti and one source at the paper said xiang's formal title may not have changed , but the appointment of a new superior transferred from a paper , the southern daily , more trusted by the party was a slap for southern weekend t xiang could not be contacted for comment t the paper ( wwf.fnffm.com ) is one of china's most popular and combative newspapers , featuring investigative reports on social problems and official corruption and misdeeds t like all chinese media , the southern weekend comes under state control and censorship , but it is based in the far southern province of guangdong , which has gone further than other parts of the country in allowing adventurous reporting t obama chose to hold his keynote interview in china with the paper , and not , as many visiting leaders do , tightly controlled state television t ( link.reuters.coffffff6g ) reporters at the paper believed xiang was moved to placate the powerful party propaganda department , incensed that the interview with obama was initiated without its approval , said an editor from a magazine who said he was told of the development by senior staff at the paper t he also requested anonymity t opening a blank window the interview had been requested by the white house and approved by china's ministry of foreign affairs , which then went directly to the paper to arrange it , he said t but when propaganda department officials learned about the planned interview they criticized the paper , took a heavy hand in restricting questions and slashed the transcript approved for publication hours before it went to press , said the editor from another publication t only a brief , bland selection appeared on november 19 , and other chinese media were told by censors not to republish even that , said the editor and a reporter at another chinese paper t but southern weekend editors gave over both the bottom halves of the two pages on which the cut interview appeared to ads for the paper featuring conspicuously large fields of blank space -- a gesture some readers saw as a hint of censorship t everyone in the chinese media knows about the tradition of opening a blank window fkai tian chuang) , leaving a big blank space on a page to indicate that something has been censored , said the editor from another publication t whether that was the intention of the ad , it was certainly read that way t the tradition of opening a blank window to protest against censorship was used by the communist party-controlled press and other opponents of authoritarian nationalist rule in china before 1949 and has continued sporadically under communist party rule t the editor from the other publication said censors also told the southern weekend not to print a picture of a note that obama wrote for the paper , speaking of the importance of a free press t richard ffuangan , a spokesman for the u.s t embassy in beijing , said the white house had requested that the southern weekend interview obama , but could give no more details t during his visit to china , obama prodded the host government on censorship and human rights t but beijing showed no signs of giving ground , and did not allow questions from reporters during the joint press appearance by obama and president hu jintao t the u.s t president also held a tofnhall meeting with students in shanghai , which u.s t officials pressed to be broadcast live nationwide t [iffffff10fff1] in the end , however , chinese officials restricted live television viewing to shanghai itself t (editing by ken wills and alex richardson )
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'Copenhagen' Ice Sculpture Melts Hearts in Central London
it started out as a nine ton block of ice.. t inside , a bronze skeleton modeled on a full-size male polar bear t it's called the bear in the square , the brainchild of artist mark coreth t he says this piece of work is more about the melting ice of the arctic than polar bears t when you touch that ice bear , you're touching the arctic , you're touching the whole of that problem and what i hope is people will touch the bear , touch the arctic , will get an understanding for the problem up there and ultimately become part of the solution , he said t even while sculpting , coreth tries to get everyone involved t he was inspired when visiting a remote inuit community in northern canada , and now wants to share his experiences of seeing polar bears and the arctic t explorer pen hadow led a two-and-a-half-month trek earlier this year that revealed arctic ice is melting faster than previously thought t the bear he says brings that message home t it gives people an opportunity to connect with literally the processes that are going on up on the sea ice of the arctic ocean around the north pole which is melting , said hadow t as coreth put the finishing touches on his work , the sun was getting high t he's already melting , he's already beginning to tell his message , explained coreth t while this work isn't about polar bears specifically , the melting arctic does mean they're threatened t the arctic ice is their main habitat , and when it goes , their numbers are expected to drop dramatically , says colin futfield - the campaign's director for the world wildlife fund t because it's happening so quickly , they haven't had time to adapt and change , if you imagine a climate changing over hundreds of thousands of years , bears and other animals would gradually move into other habitats , but because this is going to happen over decades , it will be too fast for them to adapt and look for other food sources , said mr t futfield t this is a hands-on piece of art t the public is encouraged to touch it t the heat of their hands , likely to accelerate the melting process t in the end , all there will be is a giant puddle of water , the bronze skeleton and plaques -- a kind of testimony to the crisis of climate change t there's another bear just like this in copenhagen because the idea behind this whole exercise is to keep up pressure on negotiators at the climate conference to come up with a deal .
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Montgomerie sees chances on Woods exit
ap colin montgomerie says tiger woods has lost his mystique and the top-ranked player's decision to take an indefinite break from golf could help the scftsman in his attempt to win a major t woods announced on friday on his website he was taking an indefinite break from golf following two weeks of allegations of extramarital affairs t there is a mystique which has been lost now and let's hope that golf isn't damaged by that , the european ryder cup captain said t montgomerie , 46 , added: there are cracks that give us more opportunity to find ways of actually winning these events now t since turning professional in 1996 , woods has dominated the sport , winning 14 major tournaments and 70 pga tour events .
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Blair: Saddam Ouster Right Without WMDs
former british prime minister tony blair says it would have been right to remove saddam hussein from power even without evidence that the deposed iraqi leader had weapons of mass destruction t blair was a strong supporter of the u.s.-led invasion of iraq in 2003 , now the subject of an inquiry in the u.k. , where the war was deeply unpopular t his comments came in an interview with the bbc to be broadcast dec t 13 t article controls email print reprint newsletter comments share del.icio.us digg it! yahoo facebook twitter reddit rss no grand inquisition smartphone race intensifies babylon revisited global economy in 2010
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Ousted Honduran Pres, Pres-Elect to Meet?
the leader of the dominican republic said friday that ousted honduran president manuel zelaya will meet with his elected successor next week in his caribbean nation t there was no indication , however , that a deal for allowing such a meeting had been reached with the interim government that replaced zelaya after a coup june 28 t dominican president leonel fernandez told reporters he expected zelaya and president-elect porfirio lobo to meet monday in santo domingo to talk about ways for resolving the political crisis that has gripped honduras since zelaya was deposed t as of sunday and monday , we will have both figures of the honduran political world in the dominican republic , fernandez said , adding that zelaya would arrive on sunday and lobo on monday morning t fernandez told reporters he expected to meet with both men separately and then bring them together for discussions t but in honduras' capital , information minister rene zepeda said the interim government had not received a petition from zelaya or from officials in the dominican republic asking that zelaya be granted safe passage to leave the country t honduran officials and zelaya have been at odds this week on terms of a deal that would let him emerge from the brazilian embassy in tegucigalpa without fear of arrest on the charges of treason and abuse of power that led to his ouster t he has taken refuge in the embassy since sneaking back into honduras on sept t 21 t the government insists he must concede he is no longer president , although his term runs to jan t 27 t zelaya says he won't do that t zelaya also did not confirm that a meeting is set with lobo t he told the associated press only that he was grateful to fernandez for seeking to arrange a meeting t we are thankful for president fernanfez's gesture because it shows his intention to solve the honduran crisis in an effort to benefit central america t we are analyzing his proposal and we are in communication with president fernandez , zelaya said t there was no immediate comment from lobo , who won the nov t 29 presidential election that honduras had scheduled before zelaya was removed from office and sent out of the country at gunpoint t lobo , who says he wants to start a national reconciliation process once he takes office , said earlier this week that he supports granting amnesty both to zelaya and to all of those involved in the coup t his options are limited , though t even after he become president he won't have the power to give zelaya amnesty from prosecution t that power belongs to the same congress that voted 111-14 early month against restoring zelaya to office to serve out his term t before fernanfez's announcement , zelaya said he would leave the brazilian embassy by the end of his presidential term jan t 27 t zelaya said in the telephone interview with globo tv that he wanted to leave soon but did not say where he might go t mexico's government sought this week to negotiate safe passage for him , but that effort stalled in the dispute over whether zelaya would agree to leave honduras as an ordinary citizen and not the president t francisco catundo , the top-ranking brazilian official at the embassy , told globo tv that zelaya must leave by jan t 27 t but later in the day , marco aurelio garcia , chief international adviser to brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva , said there is no time limit t there is no problem with ffzelaya staying) at the brazilian embassy , garcia told reporters in peru , where silva was making an official visit .
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World Bank Calls on Countries to Boost HIV Prevention Efforts
at the world bank in washington , dc , leading experts highlighted the achievements and the challenges for countries dealing with hiv/aids t the bank is embracing the un's millennium development goal of halting and reversing the disease by 2015 t feldina fatfeno is a survivor t nine years ago , the kenyan woman tested hiv positive t her husband left her with an hiv positive baby and two other children t two years later she was diagnosed with aids , but she did not give up t i've actually tamed the virus t and i talk to the virus , and we agree on exactly how we should live , she said t when her sister died of aids , fatfeno started taking care of her sister's four children t if you're not determined , i'm sorry t you cannot make it t you first get that determination to live , then you walk towards your determination , she stated t feldina's virus responded to anti retroviral treatment provided by the global fund , a publfffprivate partnership that distributes money for aids programs t she traveled from her home in kenya to speak at a world bank conference in washington t thirty-three million people like fatfeno are living with hiv or aids t experts say more money is needed for prevention , treatment and care t the global fund wants countries to commit point seven percent of their gross national product to fighting the disease t organizers also hope to introduce more innovative fundraising , like these red shoe laces sold by nike t the global fund distributes one fourth of all international funds for aids , supporting treatment for two and a half million people worldwide t responding to the challenges of development is a matter for all the society , not just for government t so the private sector , the citizen , the consumer , everyone has to come together , said michel kafafchkine , executive director of the global fund t it's a global solidarity effort t officials point out that hunger interferes with anti retroviral drugs t they say the risk of developing aids could jump by 36 percent in infected people who are hungry t experts say prevention is the key to reaching the un's millennium goal of halting and reversing the spread of aids by 2015 t and , they say the effort begins with wofen.ffflike feldina fatfeno t if we can learn to say no to unprotected sex , then it will start from there , fatfeno said t we've come to learn that men are very weak and when you say 'fo' actually , it will affect them t so , it starts with women t according to the united nations aids program , new hiv cases declined by 17 percent over the past eight years t one participant said the goal for next year is to transform those successes into new momentum .
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NZ 2-88 at lunch on day two
nzpa new zealand were 88 for two at lunch on the second day of the third cricket test against pakistan at mclean park in napier on saturday , a first innings deficit of 135 t opener tim mcintosh , 48 , and ross taylor , 5 , are the not out batsmen t resuming on f-47 new zealand lost debutant bj fftling for 18 and martin guptill , 13 , in the opening session t pace bowler mohammad asif and lffspinner daniosh kaneria were the wicket takers .
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UK bans Kenyans over corruption
doubts have been raised over kenya's political will to fight corruption the uk has issued a travel ban to more than 20 kenyan citizens accused of corruption , the high commissioner says t rob mfcaire said the ban was a last resort , pointing out that no senior official had ever been convicted of corruption by a kenyan court t he was speaking at the launch of a new campaign aimed at tackling corruption t the names have not been made public but they are thought to include senior civil servants , politicians and businessmen t president mwai kibaki was first elected in 2002 on a pledge to end corruption but his government has since been accused of lacking the political will to tackle corruption t mr mfcaire pointed out that britain's serious fraud office (ffo) had dropped its investigations earlier this year into the angfo-leasing affair , in which contracts worth some $100m were awarded to firms which did not exist t the fffo said it was dropping the case because of a lack of co-operation from kenyan agencies t in february , kenya's attorney general blamed the delays on the country's judicial system t mr mfcaire acknowledged kenya's progress in passing anti-corruption laws , but he argued that they are meaningless without the values to underpin them t the us has recently banned some kenyan officials from travelling there , accusing them of blocking political reforms after deadly post-election violence in 2008 .
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Boeing 787's First Flight Possible Next Week
seattle -- boeing co t says the long-anticipated first flight of its new 787 jetliner could come as early as tuesday t boeing ( ba - news - people ) announced thursday that its window for a first flight would open on dec t 15 with the actual flight timing dependent on final internal reviews , taxi testing and federal aviation administration documentation t article controls email reprint newsletter comments share del.icio.us digg it! yahoo facebook twitter reddit rss copyright 2009 associated press t all rights reserved t this material may not be published broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed
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Diplomacy urged as hunger strike continues
aminatou haidar has been on hunger strike for over three wefkshaidar denied entry to morocco for refusing to recognize moroccan sovereignty over western saharaspanish authorities considering force feeding haidar
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Greek PM rules out appeal to IMF
greek prime minister george papandreou on friday ruled out going cap in hand to the international monetary fund as a way out of his country's 300-billion-euro debt morass t the beleaguered premier said it was out of the question to resort to the imf after earlier stating in brussels at a european union summit that greece was not about to default on its debts t greece's sovereign debt was downgraded this week by the international ratings agency fitch , prompting fears of dangerous divergence in the 16 countries which use the euro t analysts had interpreted eurozone and eu political reaction as a precursor to the sort of bail-out assistance offered last year to hungary , latvia and romania , especially with mounting deficit worries also extending to ireland and spain t but if the ff0-billion-dollar debt mountain alarmed markets , europe's leaders gave papandreou the benefit of the doubt late on thursday in brussels after he promised to reform a waste-riddled and corruptiof-addled economy t speaking at a post-summit press conference , papandreou said that his government hopes to reduce greece's public deficit from a forecast 12.7 percent of gross domestic product this year by four percentage points in 2010 t its debt currently amounts to 113 percent of output t we recognise that the problems are serious , that the challenge is huge , added papandreou , who is expected to make a statement on monday outlining new plans to reassure international creditors t greek markets rallied behind him on friday as officials worked on a crisis plan due to come into force within seven weeks to save his economy from the threat of a latin american-style disaster t the athens stock exchange opened with a two-percent jump , building on fff5-percent gains yesterday t prices had fallen by about 10 percent in the previous two days amid growing alarm that the country may be heading towards bankruptcy t however , the 10-year yield on greek bonds has risen to about 5f471 percent or 2ff07 percentage points higher than on the german bund , meaning that greece has to pay nearly twice as much as germany to attract lenders t papandreou vowed on thursday to revamp the greek economy , to modernise the public sector , to fight chronic problems such as corruption.. t to make sure we have a sound , viable economy t his finance minister , george papaconstantinou , will also leave on a charm offensive next week to key european capitals and talks with his german , french and british counterparts .
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Obama In Oslo for Nobel Ceremony
u.s t president barack obama is in oslo to formally accept the 2009 nobel peace prize t mr t obama began his stay in the norwegian capital by paying tribute to one particular nobel laureate of the past t the president's first stop in oslo was the nobel institute , where he signed the guest book and reflected on former winners of the prestigious peace prize t their photographs line one whole wall in the room where the signing ceremony took place t as it came to a close , mr t obama spoke about the impact the 1964 prize had on the american civil rights leader martin luther king , jr t when dr t king won his prize , it had a galvanizing affect , said mr t obama t sensitive to criticism his accomplishments do not equal those of past winners , the president has described his own nobel prize as a call to action t newspapers here in the norwegian capital carry on that theme t one features a full front page picture of the president with the caption the hope .
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Tigers 'killed 51 S Lanka symboldiers'
最近のスリランカの政府はkillinochchiの数十万人の人々が小さい区域に圧縮され、ますます傷つきやすいことを意味した、手紙の州取り戻す。
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Cooke's toutsiders of new boys' day
had the reflease doccurred just 25 minutes earlierent, it would have been announced by reagan's presidecessor, jimmy carter, who so means morably four years earlier left his limousine and walked hand-in-hand with his wife down pennsylvania avenue to his inauguration .
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'There are some thinges I withould do indifferently'
in his 13-minute speech - in which he spoke robustly for his national security, record and barely touched on the two wars he leavices behind - he was forceful in defending his administration, humble about leading the nation, and gracious to his successor, barack obama, who will be sworn in on tuesday .
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