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Brown to join climate talks two days early
LONDON: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will join climate talks in Copenhagen two days ahead of schedule to try to help overcome obstacles blocking a deal, his spokesman said yesterday.
Obama: Afghanistan Troop Decision Most Difficult
Share + Dec 13, 2009 11:00 pm US/Central 1 of 1 President Barack Obama looks on as unseen Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway speaks during a press briefing after their bilateral meeting in Oslo on Dec.
Norway, Mexico launch joint climate funding model
Norway and Mexico on Saturday launched a joint model for climate funding at the climate change negotiations in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, said the Norwegian government.
Humble but hawkish, Obama says evil must be opposed
President Barack Obama speaks after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize during a ceremony in the Main Hall of Oslo City Hall.
Joint Statement with President Obama and Prime Minister Stoltenberg
PRIME MINISTER STOLTENBERG: Mr. President, it is a great pleasure and honor to welcome you here in Oslo.
Nobel-winning Obama defends war in call for peace
President Barack Obama offers a toast during the Nobel Banquet in Oslo, Norway, Thursday, Dec.
Obama defends US wars as he accepts peace prize
US President Barack Obama, second left, and first lady Michelle Obama walk off Air Force One upon their arrival at Gardermoen Airport in Oslo, Norway, Thursday, Dec.
Norway tells Obama it will increase aid to Afghanistan
Friday, December 11, 2009 OSLO: Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday informed US President Barack Obama, in Oslo to receive his Nobel Peace Prize, that his country would increase its aid to help train Afghan troops.
Obama's Nobel speech to reflect his own odd circumstances: getting a peace prize in wartime
Honored for peace in a time of war, President Barack Obama is formally becoming a Nobel laureate on Thursday under such odd circumstances that even he will make a point of it.
Excerpts: Palin Op-Ed on Climate Change - The Page by Mark Halperin - TIME.com
"Climate-gate... exposes a highly politicized scientific circle -- the same circle whose work underlies efforts at the Copenhagen climate change conference." "The agenda-driven policies being pushed in Copenhagen won't change the weather, but they would change our economy for the worse." "Our representatives in Copenhagen should remember that good ...
It is now confirmed that US President Barack Obama will land at Oslo Airport Gardermoen at 08:45 local time on Thursday December 10th, the same day he will receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
US President Barack Obama will meet Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg for political talks in the morning of December 10th, prior to the Nobel Prize awarding ceremony at the Oslo City Hall.
Norway's PM on economic recovery
Even though more and more economies have been emerging from recession, many of them are still stuck with two intractable problems.
Norway to push green future at Expo
NORWAY is very much looking forward to the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai because it will be an opportunity to strengthen its relationship with China and show its industry to the world, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said yesterday.
East Preston woman launches soldier parcel appeal
The family of a soldier who is serving in Afghanistan is asking for people to donate parcels full of treats for troops.
Hasina urges rich to help countries hit by climate
The most vulnerable countries and the least developed countries are worried that their legitimate demands are being sidelined Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told global leaders that poor nations will not accept failure at a crucial climate change summit next month in Copenhagen.
PM proposes separate fund for worst victims
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has proposed a separate adaptation fund and technology and capacity-building supports for the countries most vulnerable to the climate change, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and the Maldives.
NATO: Intense deliberations under way on progress of Afghan war
NATO French Foreign Legion soldiers set up a mortar position outside the Rocco combat outpost in the Surobi district, 50 kilometers east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday Nov.
Norway Lifts Key Rate to 1.5%, Becoming First in Europe to Reverse Easing
Norges Bank raised its key interest rate a quarter point from a record low and signaled steeper increases than it previously forecast over the next three years as inflation accelerates and unemployment remains low.
Norway university to vote on boycott of Israel next month
The university of Trondheim in Norway may become the first university in the West to adopt an academic boycott of Israel, if a majority of its board votes in favor of the move at a meeting on the subject next month.
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