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CLIMATE CHANGE-US: Too Little, Too Late for Copenhagen?
Matthew Berger

WASHINGTON - The momentum that U.S. climate change legislation has picked up in recent weeks will not be enough to get it through prior to the Copenhagen climate talks that kick off Dec. 7. It has also come at a steep price for those most committed to seeing such legislation pass.

MIDEAST: Lessons from the Karine A -Déjà Vu All Over Again
Analysis by Marsha B. Cohen
WASHINGTON - As Israeli Defence Forces munitions experts sorted through 300 tonnes of weapons found on a German-owned, Cypriot-operated cargo ship flying the Antiguan flag, Israeli politicians were sifting through the various talking points that could be offloaded from the vessel.

U.S.: "War Comes Home" with Ft. Hood Shootings
Dahr Jamail
PHOENIX, Arizona - While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday, in which an army psychiatrist is suspected of killing 13 people, military personnel at the base are in shock as the incident "brings the war home".

Bush at War Part II

In Focus: Iraq

Economy and Trade

> Former Leaders Hope to Shape Regional Agenda
> An Ocean Apart in More Ways Than One
> Watchdog Groups Urge Ban on Diamond Exports
> Rethinking Jobs for a Sustainable Economy

> Too Little, Too Late for Copenhagen?
> Lessons from the Karine A -Déjà Vu All Over Again
> "War Comes Home" with Ft. Hood Shootings
> U.S. Seeks to Limit Warlords in Karzai Cabinet

> Anti-Poverty Fight Needs More Than Money
> Talking About Peace in the Middle of War
> Women on Front Lines of Climate Week
> Activists, Big Business Converge on G20 Meet

> Too Little, Too Late for Copenhagen?
> An Ocean Apart in More Ways Than One
> A Dozen Countries Take on Toxic Pollution
> Oil Giant Is Gone, Legal and Environmental Mess Remains

> U.N. Investigator Probes Housing Crisis
> New Task Force Targets Poor in Breast Cancer Fight
> Former Leaders Hope to Shape Regional Agenda
> An Ocean Apart in More Ways Than One

> U.S. Seeks to Limit Warlords in Karzai Cabinet
> U.N. Investigator Probes Housing Crisis
> Congress Out of Step with Public on Intl Law?
> Another Legal Setback for Arar Torture Case

> "War Comes Home" with Ft. Hood Shootings
> New Task Force Targets Poor in Breast Cancer Fight
> Lawsuit Probes Role of Psychologists in Terror War
> NGOs Praise End to HIV Travel Ban

Media & Communications

> Poll Finds Optimism, Amid Political Disenchantment
> Public More Complacent About Climate Change
> Public Sceptical and Hawkish on Iran
> Turning Junk Mail Into Art

Multilateralism Under Siege

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POLITICS: U.S. Seeks to Limit Warlords in Karzai Cabinet

US-SYRIA: Diplomatic Thaw Just Penetrating the Surface

RIGHTS-US: U.N. Investigator Probes Housing Crisis

HEALTH: New Task Force Targets Poor in Breast Cancer Fight

U.S.: Congress Out of Step with Public on Intl Law?

LATIN AMERICA: Former Leaders Hope to Shape Regional Agenda

POLITICS-US: No Sunset for Sweeping Patriot Act Powers?

RIGHTS-US: Another Legal Setback for Arar Torture Case

U.S.: Obama's Outreach to Muslim World Teetering

RIGHTS-US: Govt Lawyers Seek to Quash Rendition Lawsuit

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CLIMATE CHANGE-US: Too Little, Too Late for Copenhagen?

HONDURAS: Unilateral "Unity Government" Announced; Deal "Dead"

RIGHTS-NICARAGUA: Mudslinging Match Between Gov't, Activists

MIDEAST: Lessons from the Karine A -Déjà Vu All Over Again

AFRICA: We Are the Government

U.S.: "War Comes Home" with Ft. Hood Shootings

Q&A: Geert Wilders Gets a Big Email Hug

CLIMATE CHANGE: Divide Before You Add

More than 300 million strong, the world's indigenous peoples are beginning to make themselves heard, in international arenas like the new United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and at the national level, where their growing numbers are translating into political muscle. Via its local writers, IPS endeavours to transmit these indigenous voices and untangle their issues for a global audience

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