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World adopts historic Paris global warming pact
AFP, Published on 13/12/2015
» THE LE BOURGET (FRANCE) - Envoys from 195 nations on Saturday adopted to cheers and tears a historic accord to stop global warming, which threatens humanity with rising seas and worsening droughts, floods and storms.
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Nusra chief rejects outcome of Riyadh meet on Syria: report
AFP, Published on 13/12/2015
» BEIRUT - Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate on Saturday rejected the outcome of a Saudi-hosted conference of Syrian opposition figures which agreed to negotiate with the Damascus regime, branding it a "plot".
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Swiss confirm arrest of two Syrian suspects in terror probe
AFP, Published on 13/12/2015
» GENEVA - Swiss authorities on Saturday said two Syrians had been arrested in Geneva on suspicion of transporting "explosives and toxic gases" as part of a probe into suspected jihadists a month after the Paris attacks.
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Engineering climate: from pariah to saviour?
AFP, Published on 13/12/2015
» LE BOURGET (FRANCE) - Once dismissed as dangerous science fiction, schemes to stave off global warming by re-engineering Earth's climate may well gain in traction as a result of the Paris agreement.
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Syria opposition deal under fire ahead of US-Russia meet
AFP, Published on 13/12/2015
» BEIRUT - Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate rejected Saturday the outcome of an opposition summit that agreed to negotiate with President Bashar al-Assad, and Russia denounced the gathering in Saudi Arabia as unrepresentative.
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The Rockettes, eight decades of NY Christmas glamour
AFP, Published on 13/12/2015
» NEW YORK - Kicking their legs and dancing in perfect unison since 1933, the Rockettes are an iconic New York Christmas institution watched by one million people each year at the biggest indoor theater in the world.
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South Africa, New Zealand edge into Cape Town quarter-finals
AFP, Published on 13/12/2015
» CAPE TOWN - South Africa and New Zealand survived shock defeats on the first day of the Cape Town Sevens on Saturday to make the quarter-finals while world champions Fiji eased into the last eight.
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China, India, hail hard-fought Paris climate pact
AFP, Published on 13/12/2015
» LE BOURGET (FRANCE) - China and India, the world's two most populous nations and biggest developing country greenhouse-gas polluters, hailed Saturday's adoption of a universal climate pact as a step to a brighter future.
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Cuba seals 'historic' debt pact with Paris Club
AFP, Published on 13/12/2015
» PARIS - Cuba on Saturday concluded a "historic accord" over debt that was not paid to foreign creditors for the last 25 years, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin announced.
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Tears, cheers and selfies as climate pact sealed in Paris
AFP, Published on 13/12/2015
» LE BOURGET (FRANCE) - They erupted into cheers, broke into tears, took selfies and quoted great figures of history after the gavel came down in Paris on Saturday, launching the quest to save mankind from global warming.
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