Category: Americas

Fresh Hopes for Cancun Climate Deal

The Cancun climate talks are showing signs of making headway and repairing some of the damage that resulted from

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Round Up: Blizzards, Floods and Fire

Video Report: Europe is experiencing some wild weather from flooding to snow to a wildfire. (more…)

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Col. Bodies Pulled From Mudslide

Relatives have sobbed as rescue workers have recovered bodies from a mudslide in northwestern Colombia. More than 100 people are

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Mexico Hailed, others Blamed

Mexico's deft hosting of U.N. climate talks is raising the stakes for nations with hard-line positions -- such as

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Melting Glaciers Bring Flood Threat

Residents of the Himalayas and other mountain areas face a "tough and unpredictable future" as global warming melts glaciers

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Peasants Protest at Cancun

Thousands of leftist activists and Mexican peasants took to the streets Tuesday of the beach resort of Cancun to

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Haiti Cholera Death Toll Tops 2,000

More than 2,000 people have died from Haiti's cholera outbreak and almost 90,000 cases have been recorded, the latest

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Obama Committed to Climate Goals

President Barack Obama is determined to meet US commitments to cut down on carbon emissions despite an election rout

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Big Guns Arrive at Cancun Talks

The climate change meeting in Cancun is entering the high-level stage, with heads of state and environment ministers arriving

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VZ. Hotels Told to Shelter Homeless

CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he would force privately owned hotels to help shelter tens

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