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General view of the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland, where the G20 Finance Ministers and Bank Governors Meeting is being hosted. The G20 is committed to an "ambitious outcome" at December's UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, it has said in a communique after talks, but has not agreed a figure for climate finance.(AFP/Derek Blair)

G20 wants 'ambitious' Copenhagen talks

1 hour, 43 minutes ago

ST ANDREWS (AFP) - G20 countries committed to work towards an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting on Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate funding.

  • An Afghan army medic soldier looks out from an ambulance in Kabul. Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a NATO air strike in remote western Afghanistan, the defence ministry has said.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)
    NATO strike kills 7 Afghan security forces: Kabul Sat Nov 7, 9:27 AM ET

    KABUL (AFP) - Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a NATO air strike that also injured international forces in remote western Afghanistan, the Afghan defence ministry said on Saturday.

  • Machines use yellowcake to produce Uranium hexafluoride (UF6) at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities in central Iran. Iran has decided to turn down proposals from the major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, a leading member of parliament says in a serious setback for UN-brokered efforts to allay Western concerns about its ambitions.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)
    Iran to reject UN-brokered nuclear plan: leading MP 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

    TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran has decided to reject proposals from major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, a leading member of parliament said on Saturday, in a serious setback for UN-brokered efforts to allay Western concerns about its atomic ambitions.

  • Protestors wave flags during a news conference "To Make a Healthcare 'House Call' on Washington" at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, is to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care(AFP/Getty Images/Kris Connor)
    Obama to push lawmakers on health care vote 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was to make a rare in-person plea Saturday for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care.

  • Sgt. Maj. Leroy Walker Jr. wipes away tears during a candlelight vigil at Fort Hood, one day after 13 people were killed in a bloody rampage. US President Barack Obama has led the nation in mourning as shocked Americans struggled to understand why a Muslim army doctor killed 13 in a massacre at a US military base.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)
    US mourns as Muslim doctor slays 13 at army base Sat Nov 7, 8:38 AM ET

    FORT HOOD, Texas (AFP) - US President Barack Obama led his nation in mourning on Saturday as shocked Americans struggled to understand why a Muslim army doctor killed 13 in a massacre at a US military base.

  • British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called on the G20 to consider a tax on global financial transactions but the proposal looked doomed amid US opposition.(AFP/Andrew Winning)
    Brown says G20 should consider transactions tax 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

    ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the G20 here on Saturday to consider a tax on global financial transactions but the proposal looked doomed amid US opposition.

  • President and Managing Director of General Motors (GM) India Karl Slym is pictured during a press conference in Ahmedabad, in October. General Motors is in advanced talks with its Chinese partners on a proposal to bring their vehicles to India, according to the Press Trust of India.(AFP/File/Sam Panthaky)
    GM in talks to bring Chinese cars to India: report Sat Nov 7, 4:43 AM ET

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - US auto giant General Motors is in advanced talks with its Chinese partners on a proposal to bring their vehicles to India, according to the Press Trust of India.

  • Manchester City's winger Shaun Wright-Phillips (L) is challenged by Burnley's Stephen Jordan (R) during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Burnley at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester. The match ended in a 3-3 draw.(AFP/Martin Elliott)
    City ejected from Premiership top four after fifth draw 20 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - Manchester City conceded their coveted spot in the Premier League's top four to Tottenham on Saturday after Mark Hughes side were held to a 3-3 draw by Burnley on Saturday.

  • Schalke's striker Kevin Kuranyi (L) and Bayern Munich's midfielder Anatoliy Tymoshchuk fight for the ball during their German first division Bundesliga football match in the southern German city of Munich. Schalke 04 missed the chance to claim second in the Bundesliga behind leaders Leverkusen on Saturday after they were held to a 1-1 draw at struggling Bayern Munich.(AFP/DDP/Oliver Lang)
    Draw at Bayern denies Schalke second spot in Bundesliga 11 minutes ago

    BERLIN (AFP) - Schalke 04 missed the chance to claim second in the Bundesliga behind leaders Leverkusen on Saturday after they were held to a 1-1 draw at struggling Bayern Munich.

  • Protestors are penned in by riot police during a demonstration by Leftist groups in central Berlin. Thousands of curious Berliners lined the centre of the German capital Saturday to admire over 1,000 giant polystyrene dominos set to topple Monday, marking 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down.(AFP/Leon Neal)
    Berliners admire giant dominos for 1989 anniversary 17 minutes ago

    BERLIN (AFP) - Thousands of curious Berliners lined the centre of the German capital Saturday to admire over 1,000 giant polystyrene dominos set to topple Monday, marking 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down.

  • An undated photo from www.cstsonline.org of Major Nidal Malik Hasan. A stunned nation battled to understand Friday why the Muslim army psychiatrist snapped, mowing down 13 people and wounding 30 others in a trail of bloodshed at a sprawling US military base.(AFP/HO/File)
    US grieves after Muslim doctor kills 13 on army base Fri Nov 6, 3:31 PM ET

    FORT HOOD, Texas (AFP) - US President Barack Obama led his nation in mourning Friday as shocked Americans struggled to understand why a Muslim army doctor unleashed a massacre at a US military base, killing 13.

  • A US Army Chinook helicopter lands on a hill in Kabul as search continues for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwest Afghanistan. Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a NATO air strike in remote western Afghanistan, the defence ministry said on Saturday.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)
    '7 Afghan security forces die in NATO airstrike' Sat Nov 7, 7:24 AM ET

    KABUL (AFP) - Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a NATO air strike in remote western Afghanistan, the defence ministry said on Saturday.

  • Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya gives a press conference at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. Zelaya, ousted in a military-backed coup four months ago, called for fresh protests Friday after the collapse of a US-brokered deal to end the crisis.(AFP/Orlando Sierra)
    Zelaya calls for more protests after crisis deal collapses Fri Nov 6, 3:43 PM ET

    TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, ousted in a military-backed coup four months ago, called for fresh protests Friday after the collapse of a US-brokered deal to end the crisis.

  • This handout picture by the environmental group Greenpeace shows activists hanging a banner reading "Climate Chaos, Who is to Blame?" hanging from the Cristobal Colon statue in Barcelona. Talks on a new UN climate pact headed for a wrap in Barcelona, leaving a roster of bitterly divisive issues to be hammered out at next month's showdown in Copenhagen.(AFP/HO/Pedro Armestre)
    Climate talks set to hand major problems to Copenhagen Fri Nov 6, 12:10 PM ET

    BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - Talks on a new UN climate pact were wrapping up Friday, leaving a roster of bitterly divisive issues to be hammered out at a showdown in Copenhagen next month.

  • A view of a house knocked down by Hurricane Ida in the Corn Islands, Nicaraguan Caribbean, November 5. Nicaragua's Caribbean coast faced a battering by high winds and heavy rains Friday, as remnants of hurricane Ida wrecked homes and officials warned as many as 40,000 could be affected by the storm.(AFP/Elmer Martinez)
    40,000 affected as storm batters Nicaragua Fri Nov 6, 1:25 PM ET

    MANAGUA (AFP) - Nicaragua's Caribbean coast faced a battering by high winds and heavy rains Friday, as remnants of hurricane Ida wrecked homes and officials warned as many as 40,000 could be affected by the storm.

  • Lourdes Espaillat (R), an architectural student just out of school, speaks with a perspective employer at a job fair sponsored by Monster.com that attracted hundreds of people in New York City. US unemployment jumped to double digits in October for the first time since 1983, reaching 10.2 percent, prompting renewed talk of additional stimulus for an economy struggling to emerge from recession.(AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt)
    US jobless rate hits 10.2%; Obama eyes new steps Fri Nov 6, 4:14 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US unemployment jumped to double digits in October for the first time since 1983, reaching 10.2 percent, prompting renewed talk of additional stimulus for an economy struggling to emerge from recession.

  • A worker displays gold bars at the National Indian Bullion Refinery (NIBR)'s gold and silver refinery in Mumbai. The price of gold has hit a record high above $1,100 an ounce in trading following a report that Sri Lanka had joined India in purchasing the precious metal in favour of the US currency.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)
    Gold price hits record after 'Sri Lanka purchase' Fri Nov 6, 12:17 PM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - The price of gold hit a record high above 1,100 dollars an ounce in trading here on Friday following a report that Sri Lanka had joined India in purchasing the precious metal in favour of the US currency.

  • Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti, seen here in October 2009, insisted on Friday that he will not be rushing for the Stamford Bridge chequebook despite a transfer ban being lifted on the Premier League leaders.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)
    Ancelotti won't rush for Chelsea chequebook Fri Nov 6, 2:04 PM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti insisted on Friday that he will not be rushing for the Stamford Bridge chequebook despite a transfer ban being lifted on the Premier League leaders.

  • Switzerand's Roger Federer celebrates his quarter-final victoryover Russia's Evgeny Korolev at the Swiss Indoors tournament in Basel. Federer won 6-3, 6-2.(AFP/Sebastian Derungs)
    Federer faces school friend Chiudinelli in Basel tennis Fri Nov 6, 4:04 PM ET

    BASEL, Switzerland (AFP) - Roger Federer puts an 18-match win streak at his home Swiss Indoors tournament on the line Saturday against old school friend Marco Chiudinelli in the semi-finals.

  • An aircraft dubbed 'Solar Impulse', HB-SIA prototype, is rolled out of a hangar for an initial series of stationary tests involving engines and electromagnetic interference in Duebendorf aerodrome near Zurich.(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)
    Pioneering Swiss solar-powered plane rolled out Fri Nov 6, 4:22 PM ET

    GENEVA (AFP) - Solar Impulse, the Swiss bid to make the first solar-powered flight around the world, rolled out its prototype on Friday at an airbase near Zurich and powered up the engines.

  • This undated photo obtained from www.cstsonline.org shows Major Malik Nidal Hasan, the alleged gunman killed after opening fire at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. At least 12 people were killed, including Malik, and 31 people were injured in the attack. Two other soldiers have been arrested in connection with the shooting. US media identified him as an Army pyschiatrist.(AFP/HO)
    Twelve dead, 31 wounded in Texas military base shooting Thu Nov 5, 7:20 PM ET

    SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AFP) - An American army major went on a shooting rampage Thursday at a Texas military base killing 11 people and wounding 31 others before being gunned down, army officials said.

  • Afghan workers construct a building in Kabul. The United Nations announced Thursday it will evacuate more than half its international staff based in Afghanistan after a deadly Taliban attack on a guesthouse for UN workers.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)
    UN in Afghanistan to evacuate 600 foreign staff Thu Nov 5, 2:31 PM ET

    KABUL (AFP) - The United Nations announced Thursday it will evacuate more than half its international staff based in Afghanistan after a deadly Taliban attack on UN workers, prompting a dismayed reaction from NATO.

  • Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas heads a meeting of the Fatah party's executive committee in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas said in a televised speech on Thursday that he will not seek re-election in Palestinian elections to be held in January.(AFP/Abbas Momani)
    Abbas rules out re-election, complicating peace efforts Thu Nov 5, 3:30 PM ET

    RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Thursday he will not seek re-election as he voiced frustration with the US position on Israeli settlements and delivered a major blow to Washington's Middle East peace efforts.

  • Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appears in the courtroom of the International Criminal Tribunal on November 3. A UN court has imposed a lawyer on Karadzic and postponed to March 1 the genocide trial he has boycotted since it started last week.(AFP/Pool/File/Michael Kooren)
    Lawyer imposed on Karadzic, trial delayed to March 1 Thu Nov 5, 1:11 PM ET

    THE HAGUE (AFP) - A UN warcrimes court Thursday imposed a lawyer on Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic and put off to March 1 the genocide trial he has boycotted since it started last week.

  • This undated illustration shows the DNA double helix. Scientists reported Thursday that nano-particles used in medical applications can indirectly damage DNA inside cells by transmitting signals through a protective barrier of human tissue.(AFP/HO/File)
    New pathway for DNA damage from nano-particles: study Thu Nov 5, 4:22 PM ET

    PARIS (AFP) - Scientists reported Thursday that nano-particles used in medical applications can indirectly damage DNA inside cells by transmitting signals through a protective barrier of human tissue.

  • Opel workers demonstrate with banners at the main plant of carmaker Opel in Ruesselsheim, western Germany, during a protest one day after General Motors' shock refusal to sell its European unit Opel and plan to cut some 10,000 jobs.(AFP/DDP/Thomas Lohnes)
    Rage against GM over 10,000 planned job cuts at Opel Thu Nov 5, 1:05 PM ET

    BERLIN (AFP) - Angry German workers on Thursday protested General Motors' shock refusal to sell its European unit Opel and its plans to cut 10,000 jobs, moves slammed as a slap in the face for Chancellor Angela Merkel.

  • European Central Bank (ECB) President Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference in Frankfurt/Main. The European Central Bank and Bank of England both kept interest rates at record lows Thursday, but the ECB was more upbeat on economic growth while the BoE planned to pump billions more pounds into Britain's recession-hit economy.(AFP/DDP/Martin Oeser)
    ECB, BoE hold interest rates at record lows Thu Nov 5, 1:12 PM ET

    FRANKFURT (AFP) - The European Central Bank and Bank of England both kept interest rates at record lows Thursday, but the ECB was more upbeat on economic growth while the BoE planned to pump billions more pounds into Britain's recession-hit economy.

  • AS Roma's John Arne Riise eyes the ball during his team's group E UEFA Cup football match vs Fulham at Olympic stadium in Rome. Roma won 2-1.(AFP/Filippo Monteforte)
    Roma late show shocks Fulham, Celtic face Europa League exit Thu Nov 5, 5:33 PM ET

    PARIS (AFP) - Fulham compromised their hopes of advancing in the Europa League on Thursday when Roma came from behind to win 2-1 in Italy, the English Premiership side ending the Group E contest with nine men, while Everton slumped 2-0 at home to Benfica.

  • Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns a backhand to Czech's Jan Hernych in their 1/8 final match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel. Djokovic won 6-0, 6-0.(AFP/Sebastian Derungs)
    Tennis ace Djokovic clinches career-best 'double-bagel' victory Thu Nov 5, 4:41 PM ET

    BASEL, Switzerland (AFP) - Novak Djokovic clinched the most comprehensive victory of his career on Thursday when he humiliated Czech journeyman Jan Hernych 6-0, 6-0 to reach the Swiss Indoors quarter-finals.