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Climate change: Bush goes on the attack
2007-09-29 03:34:00
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W. Bush went on the offensive on climate change Friday, proposing a summit among major emitters of greenhouse gases that would set a long-term global goal for curbing this dangerous pollution.
Bush also endorsed the UN
Bush draws fire at U.S. climate change talks
2007-09-29 01:20:54
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the world's biggest greenhouse polluters took aim at President George W. Bush on Friday, calling him "isolated" and questioning his leadership on the problem of global warming.
Bush, who convened the two-day me
Give control to GPs, Tories urge
2007-09-29 00:02:56
Out-of-hours budgets should be controlled by GPs, say Tories Responsibility for out-of-hours health services should be transferred back to GPs, the Conservative Party has said. Tory proposals also include a national number for accessing non-emergency hea
Doctors oppose care opt-out plans
2007-09-29 00:02:35
Doctors can conscientiously object to carrying out an abortion Doctors' leaders have called for stricter rules on when medics can "conscientiously object" to procedures. The British Medical Association heavily criticised draft GMC guidance that would all
Doctors oppose care opt-out plans
2007-09-29 00:02:09
Doctors can conscientiously object to carrying out an abortion Doctors\' leaders have called for stricter rules on when medics can \"conscientiously object\" to procedures. The British Medical Association heavily criticised draft GMC guidance that would a
Thousands in Africa wait for aid amid catastrophic floods
2007-09-28 23:12:00
KAMPALA (AFP) - African nations that bore the brunt of the continent's worst floods in three decades face a new epidemic threat and on Friday stepped up appeals for international help.
At least 300 people in 20 countries have died in floods over the past
Like father, like son: astronaut's heir heads for the stars
2007-09-28 22:26:00
MOSCOW (AFP) - Computer game developer Richard Garriott, son of the former astronaut Owen Garriott, will rocket to the stars as the next space tourist, the Space Adventures company said Friday.
"We need to be adventurous in mind and stimulate our intellec
Climate change: Bush goes on the attack
2007-09-28 21:58:00
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W. Bush went on the offensive on climate change Friday, proposing a summit next year among major emitters of greenhouse gases that would set a long-term global goal for curbing this dangerous pollution.
Bush also endors
Bush "isolated" at U.S. climate change talks
2007-09-28 21:44:43
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the world's biggest greenhouse polluters took aim at President George W. Bush on Friday, calling him "isolated" and questioning his leadership on the problem of global warming.
Bush, who convened the two-day me
Climate change: Bush goes on the attack
2007-09-28 20:20:00
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W. Bush went on the offensive on climate change Friday, proposing a summit next year among major emitters of greenhouse gases that would set a long-term global goal for curbing this dangerous pollution.
Bush also endors
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