Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 10-03-2010
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian parliamentarians tucked into a meal of seal meat on Wednesday to defy both animal right activists and the European Union, which has banned imports of seal products.
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Canada Parliament eats seal to defy "ignorant" EU
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 08-03-2010
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Loopholes in the United Nations climate treaties could actually amount to an increase in global climate-warming emissions and the chance to rein in temperatures may be slipping away, a draft European Union report showed.
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EU to issue climate warning, target CO2 loopholes
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 08-03-2010
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Loopholes in the United Nations climate treaties could actually amount to an increase in global climate-warming emissions over the next decade, and must be closed, a draft European Union report shows.
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EU warns climate loopholes could lead to CO2 rise
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 05-03-2010
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union executive is tempering its hopes of securing a legally binding climate deal in talks this year culminating in Cancun, Mexico, focusing instead on a 2011 summit in South Africa, a source said.
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EU tempers hopes of binding climate deal this year
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 03-03-2010
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States and European Union accused Iran of breaking nuclear transparency rules by escalating uranium enrichment without proper U.N. surveillance and said its “provocative” behaviour invited tougher sanctions.
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U.S., EU say "provocative" Iran invites more sanctions
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 03-03-2010
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran violated transparency rules by failing to alert U.N. inspectors in time to escalated nuclear activity and faces harsher sanctions because of provocative and defiant behaviour, the European Union said on Wednesday.
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EU says Iran "provocation" flouts U.N. nuclear rules
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 02-03-2010
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union said it would start paying quake-stricken Haiti a first tranche of 100 million euros ($135 million) in promised aid on Tuesday to help the government pay salaries, rebuild schools and repair roads.
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EU releases 100 mln euros for Haiti salaries, roads
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 02-03-2010
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Greece’s fiscal woes have opened cracks in the unity of the European Union that undermine its ability to manage this and future crises, despite signs that diplomatic moves could secure a deal to help Athens.
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ANALYSIS – Cracks in unity undermine EU’s ability to act
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 27-02-2010
WARSAW (Reuters) – The European Union’s aim to lead the world in adopting ambitious emission cuts has failed and the bloc needs a new strategy for global climate talks, a Polish official was quoted on Saturday as saying.
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EU needs new CO2 strategy for global talks – Poland
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 24-02-2010
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – China and India’s hesitation to back formally a Copenhagen climate agreement could jeopardise $30 billion in climate aid to the developing world, a senior European Union official said on Wednesday.
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Copenhagen "green fund" depends on climate deal – EU