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18 Dec 2009 10:05:17 GMT
Lebanese rescue workers carry the body of a deceased person from a sunken Panama ship after being brought to shore by the German Unifil Vessel at the port of Tripoli
Lebanese rescue workers carry the body of a deceased person from a sunken Panama ship after being brought to shore by the German Unifil Vessel at the port of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, December 18, ...

18 Dec 2009 10:04:43 GMT
UN summit weighs 2 degree goal,$100 bln climate fund
* UN summit considers 2 Celsius target-draft * $100 billion a year fund to help developing nations * Deadline for completing talks by end 2010 * Deep cuts in emissions needed COPENHAGEN, ...

18 Dec 2009 10:02:21 GMT
The ethical issues swirling around climate change; Copenhagen limps to a close today, miles from an agreement and carpet-bombed into near incomprehensibility by a deafening torrent of voices flooding news media and the Web. The verbal din need not be an impenetrable barrier to understanding what's happening. An ethics toolkit is available to help hack a trail through the noise, a fanny pack of moral philosophy addressing concepts such as good and bad, right and wrong, justice and virtue and what actions are defensible and why. Michael Valpy reports
Where to start: The Veil of Ignorance Imagine the world being shuffled like a deck of cards and redealt. Canadians suddenly no longer know who they are, where they live, how much money they have, what their status is – they exist behind what ...

18 Dec 2009 10:02:20 GMT
U.S. OFFER BREATHES LIFE INTO CLIMATE TALKS; Clinton puts money on the table to bridge widening gap between rich and poor nations at the summit. The pledge to support a $100-billion fund to fight climate change in developing countries comes with a catch: An independent body would have to oversee all emissions
COPENHAGEN -- President Barack Obama sent his biggest gun, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to Copenhagen to try to end the battle between rich and poor countries that threatens to wreck the climate summit and expose the planet to ...

18 Dec 2009 10:02:20 GMT
‘The buck stopped nowhere': Inside Foreign Affairs, no one was in charge to act on Colvin's warnings
OTTAWA -- As Richard Colvin fired off warnings about the treatment of detainees in Afghanistan in 2006, the diplomat's missives bounced into the computers of Foreign Affairs without ever really landing.

18 Dec 2009 10:02:18 GMT
‘Wonderful' to be home, 'grateful' for aid; After 15 months in captivity in Somalia, Amanda Lindhout thanks those who helped secure her release
In her first comments since returning to Alberta last week, freed Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout praised the work of negotiators, family and the federal government and said it's “wonderful� to be back home.

18 Dec 2009 10:02:15 GMT
Abdelrazik coverage nets Amnesty award for Globe's Koring
Globe and Mail reporter Paul Koring has been named winner of the Amnesty International Media Award for excellence in human-rights reporting.

18 Dec 2009 10:02:13 GMT
It was a very good year for the Prime Minister
jsimpson@globeandmail.com Roughly a year ago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper wobbled on the political ropes, or so his opponents believed, retreating in Parliament and forced to resort to a prorogation to save his hide. Today, Mr. Harper runs ...

18 Dec 2009 10:02:01 GMT
U.S. initiative, Canadian passivity
Thanks to American leadership, better news is coming out of Copenhagen as world leaders prepare for the climate change summit's last day. No thanks, unfortunately, to Canada, which failed to provide any new ideas, and apparently did nothing ...

18 Dec 2009 09:57:16 GMT
South Africa's President Zuma arrives at the morning session of United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma gestures as he arrives at the morning session of United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen December 18, 2009. World leaders worked through the ...

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