LONDON - Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged Monday world leaders to quickly seal in law any agreement on climate change made during this week's crunch talks in Copenhagen. Our aim is a comprehensive and global agreement which is then converted to a
The world is “within closing distance of agreeing cuts in greenhouse gases that would satisfy scientific demands, according to a new analysis.Officials from the 190 countries involved were due to arrive in Copenhagen on Monday to forge a new global
The CME Group announced on Thursday that a group of dealers will support the exchange’s initiative to clear credit default swaps, a type of derivative widely blamed for exacerbating the financial crisis.As reported in the FT late on Wednesday, the C
PORT OF SPAIN - Canada and India concluded negotiations Saturday on a nuclear cooperation agreement on the sidelines of the Commonwealth summit in Trinidad. Increased collaboration with India's civilian nuclear energy market will allow Canadian co
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI hailed a 1984 Vatican-mediated friendship agreement between Argentina and Chile as a luminous example of peace winning out over war during an audience Saturday with the presidents of both countries. In 1978, when b
BAGHDAD political factions reached a tentative agreement Thursday on a contested law to organize parliamentary elections next year, potentially pulling the country back from crisis and avoiding another veto that could have delayed the vote for mon
AC Milan have recently been in the market for a number of talented youngsters as they look to build for the future, but the transfer of Edmund Hottor has hit a snag.According to the player's agent, an agreement has been struck between Milan and Trie
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - British treasury chief Alistair Darling urged the world's top finance officials on Saturday to reach an agreement on bearing the cost of fighting climate change before a UN summit on global warming next month. Addressing fina
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