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...to cut emissions by slowing Amazon deforestation Brazil and France have agreed a common position on fighting global warming before next month's UN climate change conference in Copenhagen. They will pursue the goal of reducing...

In this article: Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Nicolas Sarkozy, Copenhagen, Carbon, Ed Miliband, Paris, France, Climate change, and Kyoto treaty

...action to pass the UN security council 7 March 10 March France and Russia announce that they are ready to veto a new UN resolution which gives Iraq seven days to disarm. French President Jacques Chirac says his country would vote...

In this article: Iraq, UN, UN Security Council, Hans Blix, George Bush, Saddam Hussein, Britain, United States, and Baghdad

...of atomic energy. Iran on Monday reinforced its rejection of a UN-brokered deal that would call for Russia and France to enrich its uranium, with a senior official saying no nuclear reactor fuel would leave Iran. Lula has repeatedly...

In this article: Iran, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Brazil, Tehran, United States, UN Security Council, Middle East, Israel, and Uranium

...a minority stake in the planned South Stream pipeline. Putin and Fillon also will discuss global warming ahead of next month's U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen. Valero said France was expecting Russia to make an effort to...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, France, Francois Fillon, Gazprom, Russia, Copenhagen, Natural gas, Climate change, and Global warming

...nuclear watchdog censures Iran The UN nuclear watchdog has censured Iran and has demanded it immediately halt construction of a newly-revealed uranium enrichment plant, as world powers unite against Tehran. China and Russia joined forces...

In this article: International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Uranium, Tehran, UN, Qom, Russia, and China

...seek Iran nuclear censure World powers united on Friday to seek a new UN censure of Iran's nuclear programme and demand that it halt construction of uranium enrichment site kept secret until recently. Britain, France, Germany, the...

In this article: Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Uranium, Tehran, UN, Qom, Moscow, and Mohamed ElBaradei

...a global treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol. United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer told journalists in Brussels that a US emissions target was a crucial factor in the negotiations. "The key issue here at the moment is the United...

In this article: United States, Copenhagen, Barack Obama, Carbon, Global warming, Yvo de Boer, EU, Greenpeace, and China

...unveil 'climate bible' France and Brazil have adopted a common policy ahead of key UN global warming talks and have vowed to launch a worldwide push to convince other powers to back their "climate bible". A joint text was unveiled on...

In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Brazil, Copenhagen, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, France, Barack Obama, Paris, Kyoto Protocol, Deforestation, and Global warming