World leaders back delay to final climate deal
* China asks rich nations to fund developing world’s climate fight
SINGAPORE: US President Barack Obama and other world leaders on Sunday rallied around plans to avert a failure at next month's climate summit in Copenhagen that would delay legally binding agreements until 2010 or even... 
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Some African countries not viable: Mo Ibrahim
DAR ES SALAAM: African states must integrate immediately or some will not survive, Mo Ibrahim, who funds the world's biggest prize in support of leadership on the continent, said late on Saturday. Ibrahim was speaking at the opening of a two-day event promoting good governance in Africa, which appears...
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US considers Illinois prison for Gitmo inmates
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is considering relocating some Guantanamo detainees to a mostly vacant prison in the president's home state of Illinois, US media reported Saturday.
The Thomson Correctional Facility, a maximum-security state prison about 240 kilometers west of Chicago, Illinois,...
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US, Russia see deal on missile cuts by year-end
SINGAPORE: The leaders of Russia and the United States said on Sunday they were on target to agree by the end of the year the text of a new treaty setting out major cuts in their nuclear weapons arsenals.
But a senior White House adviser warned there was not time for the successor to the 1991...
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Al Qaeda recruited bombers from US prison in Iraq
* Police, former detainees claim group infiltrated Camp Bucca, targeted young inmates
RAMADI: Iraq's Camp Bucca, the US-run jail where around 100,000 prisoners were kept over six years, was a breeding ground for the Al Qaeda terror network, according to police and former inmates.
Bucca,...
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Independent state: Palestinians to take case to UNSC
* Israel warns move will harm peace efforts
RAMALLAH: The Palestinians are planning to take their quest for independence to the UN Security Council, aiming to secure international recognition for a state, the chief Palestinian negotiator said on Sunday.
Saeb Erekat said there was...
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Gates blocks abuse photos’ release
WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the public release of any more pictures of foreign detainees abused by their US captors, saying their release would endanger American soldiers.
The Obama administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court late on Friday saying that Gates...
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