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The central issue during a trio of climate change meetings at
the UN is how to curb the emission of climate-warning
greenhouse gases.

Six scuba divers surfaced off the Italian coast after living
underwater for two weeks. The experiment was meant to show
that humans can live a longside sea life without dramatically
altering the ecosystem.

Al-Qaida deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri appears on a new
video saying the US is being defeated in Afghanistan, Iraq
and elsewhere.

A village in southern Peru has been struck by a mysterious
illness and now officials trying to determine if its linked
to a meteorite that hit the region.

Authorities say they have found the flight data recorders from
a plane that crashed in Thailand and will send them to the US.
for analysis.

One of the survivors of the Thai Plane Crash, John Gerard
O’Donnel, has spoken of his experience.

Nearly 90 people were killed when a plane crashed on landing
at the Thai resort of Phuket.

Thousands of Argentines are becoming addicted to Paco,
a cheap drug left over from cocaine production.
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More Northern Rock savers have queued for a second day
at branches to empty their accounts.

Northern Rock’s share price has fallen by 32%, after it
confirmed it had an emergency Bank of England loan.

A satellite photo taken by the European Space Agency Shows
melting sea ice has opened the Arctic’s Northwest Passage
linking Europe and Asia. Sea ice has shrunk in the Arctic to its
lowest level since satellite measurements began 30 years ago,
ESA said, showing images of the now “fully navigable” route
between the Atlantic and the Pacific.

Taiwan has applied repeatedly to join the United Nations since
Taipei was ousted in favour of Beijing in 1971 but plans for a
referendum on another attempt have raised tensions with its
key ally, the United States, and China which views the island
as part of its territory.

Three Chechen sisters have been found dead in mountains
between Ukraine and Poland. The girls, aged 6, 10 and 13,
perished as they tried to cross illegally between the two
countries with their mother. She and a fourth daugher aged
two survived the ordeal and are now in hospital in Poland.

A powerful earthquake hit Indonesia on Wednesday, causing
buildings to sway strongly in the capital and authorities
to issue a tsunami warning for much of the Indian Ocean region.