World News

"Copenhagen is preparing for the climate change summit that will produce as much carbon dioxide as a town the size of Middlesbrough." - Fulaan from Bookmarklet

"In Copenhagen there was a humbler note among some delegates. "If we fail, one reason could be our overconfidence," said Simron Jit Singh, of the Institute of Social Ecology. "Because we are here, talking in a group of people who probably agree with each other, we can be blinded to the challenges of the other side. We feel that we are the good guys, the selfless saviours, and they are the bad guys." " o_0 - Fulaan

"It's the poorest of our fellow citizens who are most vulnerable to a changing climate" - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

"Analysis: Just as in Iraq, more Western troops on the ground will deepen an ongoing civil conflict and drive ordinary Afghans into the arms of the insurgents" - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

REad the NYTimes section on how this was decided, it seems like a good plan, an intense surge and retreat. - anna sauce

"The US has had no reliable information on the whereabouts of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in years, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has admitted." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

There we have it. - Roberto Bonini

"American student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend have been found guilty by an Italian court of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

Whoa. - Jeremy (cropmarks)

!!! - Kol Tregaskes

"The verdict in the trial of two students accused of killing Briton Meredith Kercher in Italy is expected to be delivered at 2300 GMT. American Amanda Knox, 22, and her Italian ex-lover Raffaele Sollecito, 25, deny murder and sexual violence. Miss Kercher, 21, a Leeds University exchange student from Coulsdon, south London, was found with her throat slit in her Perugia room in November 2007. Rudy Guede, 22, from Ivory Coast, is already serving 30 years for the crime." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

That's the thing with circumstantial evidence. What if she is innocent or just guilty of a lesser crime? But what if she did it? And there's a family that no longer has a living daughter. Tough stuff. - Hayes Haugen

"Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has a heart condition, his spokesman has said, after he flew to Saudi Arabia on Monday for medical treatment." - Fulaan from Bookmarklet

Heh, I guess the old Nigerian guy is dying and is leaving a fortune for me to collect after I send a little money and details. - Fulaan

"Why does a small band of scientists and campaigners persist in denying the link between HIV and Aids, when the evidence that they are wrong is overwhelming? Rob Sharp reports" - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

"Swiss voters have supported a referendum proposal to ban the building of minarets, official results show." - Fulaan from Bookmarklet

a serious question how Switzerland got here and what it does now. The ban may be democratic, but it doesn't look good. - winckel

"Then Attorney General Goldsmith was 'pinned to the wall and bullied into keeping quiet' while the Prime Minister kept the Cabinet in the dark" - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

"A bomb blast caused the Russian train crash in which at least 26 people were killed, intelligence officials say. The Nevsky Express derailed with nearly 700 on board as it ran through remote countryside between the capital Moscow and the second city, St Petersburg. Investigators found "elements of an explosive device" at the scene of Friday's attack, a statement said. Officials said a second, less powerful device went off on Saturday near the site of the first, but no-one was hurt. There was no immediate confirmed claim of responsibility for the blast on Friday evening, which hit a train popular with government officials and business executives at peak travel time." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

I know people in Norway want to behead the guilty ones or something, but on BBC News as well ? Wow. - Thomas Bøhm

"Prosecutors have asked for life imprisonment for the pair accused of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Italy." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

"Before President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao released their joint statement, Obama's Asia trip was underwhelming. But after the statement, Obama's foray into Asia went from empty to harmful." - Adi from Bookmarklet

Look at the size of that thing! - Aaman (Clone of FF) from Bookmarklet

"Hundreds of people have fallen silent in honour of the men and women killed in conflicts past and present at a Remembrance service in central London." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

Peace* - Billy Warhol

"When the Berlin Wall opened on 9 November 1989 Brian Hanrahan was the BBC News reporter on the ground. This year he's been back to talk to some of those whose decisions made this key moment in 20th Century history possible." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

#1989 #Berlin #89 - Amiram امیرم

"Many more people could have died in an attack at a US army base, if not for the heroism of security forces at the scene, an army investigator has said." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

"The latest round of UN climate talks opens in Barcelona on Monday with major divisions remaining between countries." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

"A UN human rights investigator has warned the United States that its use of unmanned drones to fight militants like those in Pakistan and Afghanistan may violate international law against summary executions." - chaz2b from Bookmarklet

"For many of its 300 million enthusiasts, Facebook is a convenient way to keep in touch with friends, track down old sweethearts and share drunken photographs with the world. But the global power of the social networking site is now being harnessed for a rather more laudable aim: the pursuit of world peace." - chaz2b from Bookmarklet

"After recent Pakistani military operations in Pakistan's own Swat Valley to push out Taliban insurgents who had taken control of the region, its operations are now more focused on the Taliban strongholds in the South Waziristan region. Pakistani troops and Taliban militants have been locked in intense clashes recently in the tribal area which has killed more than 150 people. Relief workers say that more than 120,000 people have been displaced by the fighting. Insurgent responses to the increased military pressure have included numerous bombings and suicide attacks, killing and injuring scores across Pakistan in recent weeks. Just today a car bomb in a busy marketplace in Peshawar killed more than 93 people, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an official visit - announcing the latest in a series of U.S. aid packages to Pakistan." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

Those photographs are haunting. How much longer will Obama be playing golf and appearing on Sunday morning talk shows before he decides to send the help that the region needs? - David C. Cooper

"some American officials argue that the reliance on Ahmed Wali Karzai, the most powerful figure in a large area of southern Afghanistan where the Taliban insurgency is strongest, undermines the American push to develop an effective central government that can maintain law and order and eventually allow the United States to withdraw." - chaz2b from Bookmarklet

"United States, Russia and France endorsed a proposal by the Director-general of the IAEA Mohamed ElBarade tabled on Wednesday, which followed talks over 3 days between Iran and world powers in Vienna, Austria. The draft agreement is for Iran to be supplied with nuclear fuel for its research reactor, which amongst other things produces radioisotopes for medical purposes." - chaz2b from Bookmarklet