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The Copenhagen talks on climate change have begun with Africa, the Caribbean and other small islands keen to see an agreement that reflects their vulnerability to the variation in weather patterns.

A British Labour group is calling for the UK government to urgently review the new air passenger duties, warning that it is crippling the Caribbean.

A US Trade Representative is to review a deal aimed at ending a 16 years banana trade dispute between Latin America and the European Union.

Three government ministers are among 19 people killed by a suicide bomb in Mogadishu, Somali.

Honduras’ Congress has voted against allowing ousted President Manuel Zelaya to serve out the remainder of his term which ends in January.

The Taliban have vowed to intensify their fight in Afghanistan, after pledges by the US and its allies to send large reinforcements to the country.

A leading environmental scientist is warning that coral reefs could be lost to climate change.

Australia\'s Senate has rejected a bill on the government\'s flagship climate change policy for a second time.

President Barack Obama is set to tell the American people that US troops will start leaving Afghanistan within three years.

South African President, Jacob Zuma has announced that all babies under the age of one will be treated if they test HIV-positive.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is for the first time recommending that HIV positive mothers be given anti-retroviral drugs while breastfeeding to reduce the transmission of the virus to their infants.

Police in Seattle say they have shot and possibly killed a man suspected of killing four officers in a cafe in Washington State.