18 Dec 2009 08:48:35 GMT Lava cascades down a gully of the active Mayon volcano in Legazpi city Lava cascades down a gully of the active Mayon volcano in Legazpi city, 500 km (310 miles) south of Manila December 18, 2009. Soldiers and police will forcibly evacuate thousands of residents who ...
18 Dec 2009 08:47:28 GMT Pakistani minister barred from travel, tensions rise (For full coverage of Pakistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK])
* Tension rises, coup rumour spooks markets briefly
* Anti-graft agency lists scores barred from leaving
* Defence minister stopped at ...
18 Dec 2009 08:44:45 GMT Emissions targets being
considered are not enough - Oxfam Oxfam GB - UK
Leaked documents emerged today (17) from the United Nations that
suggest current proposals for a climate deal would result in a three degree increase in the planet’s temperature:
 Oxfam’s climate advisor Hugh Cole said:”At this stage in
the game, a deal that fails to keep temperature rises below two degrees is simply not good enough. Oxfam [...]
18 Dec 2009 08:43:02 GMT MALI: When surgery cannot heal fistula wounds It was not the three days of labour that caused Fatimata Guido the most pain, her urine-stained sheets or the five
operations she has had to repair an obstetric fistula. "It is the fear of having sex again, since that is what got me into this situation in the first place."
18 Dec 2009 08:41:39 GMT WAR UPDATE
PAKISTAN Two U.S. missile strikes pummeled targets inside the main sanctuary used by al-Qaida and the Taliban along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, killing 17 people yesterday, local intelligence officials said. The latest drone attacks ...
18 Dec 2009 08:41:38 GMT Uncertainty in tow, Obama heads to talks
WASHINGTON - With global climate change talks at a critical juncture, President Barack Obama dashed to Copenhagen yesterday to join more than 110 other world leaders looking to push an interim agreement across the finish line.
18 Dec 2009 08:41:36 GMT For Santa, a swine flu escape clause
Swine flu is not just a pandemic, it's a party-pooping grinch.
Several area hospitals said they are limiting visits from Santa and holiday parties because of concerns about spreading the H1N1 virus, especially to younger patients, who are ...
