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Europe Pledges Billions for Climate Aid for Poor Nations
By JAMES KANTER and ANDREW C. REVKIN
BRUSSELS — The offer of about $3 billion is an attempt to help the chances of reaching a deal next week at climate talks.
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Protesters Converge on Copenhagen
By TOM ZELLER Jr. and LARS KROLDRUP
Police fanned out across the city Friday in anticipation of protests at various corporate targets. Above, a demonstration outside a “green business” trade show.
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Share Your ThoughtsBlackwater Guards Tied to Secret C.I.A. Raids
By JAMES RISEN and MARK MAZZETTI
WASHINGTON — The guards’ involvement blurred the lines dividing the C.I.A., the military and the private security company.
U.N. Afghan Mission Chief to Resign
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
The diplomat, Kai Eide, drew criticism from his deputy last summer in the aftermath of the Afghan elections.
Obama’s Vision of Might and Right
President Obama’s evolving approach to national security as set out in his Nobel Prize speech lacks bumper-sticker simplicity.
India Faces Backlash Over a New State
By JIM YARDLEY and HARI KUMAR
Opponents of the partition of Andhra Pradesh staged protests, even as advocates for the creation of other new states began agitating in different regions of the country.
Gates Expects New Sanctions on Iran
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
ERBIL, Iraq — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’s remarks were the first from a senior U.S. official to say that tougher sanctions were likely.
Britain, Long a Libel Mecca, Reviews Laws
By SARAH LYALL
England’s libel laws, which favor complainants, are under attack from publishers, scientists and others.
China Indicts Prominent Dissident
By SHARON LaFRANIERE
Liu Xiaobo, one of China’s best-known dissidents and author of a pro-democracy manifesto, was indicted Thursday on charges of trying to subvert the state.
5 U.S. Men Arrested in Pakistan Said to Plan Jihad
By JANE PERLEZ, SALMAN MASOOD and WAQAR GILLANI
SARGODHA, Pakistan — The group was headed to a Taliban sanctuary in Pakistan’s tribal areas with the intention of training to fight against American troops, Pakistani police authorities said Thursday.
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France Investigates Another Troubled Flight
By NICOLA CLARK
PARIS — French investigators have opened an investigation into another incident involving an Air France jet forced to abruptly descend after encountering extreme weather in the same area of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Iraq Accepts Bids for 2 More Oil Fields
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s government held a public auction Friday during which it sold development rights to two of its largest untapped oil fields.
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U.N. Told Not to Join Congo Army in Operation
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
NAIROBI — Peacekeepers moved forward despite legal advice to avoid operations with the army if there were a risk that Congolese soldiers might abuse human rights.
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In Venezuela, Even Death May Not Bring Peace
By SIMON ROMERO
A once-elegant cemetery is being ransacked by grave robbers in what some say reflects a societal breakdown.
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Illegal Immigrant Students Publicly Take Up a Cause
By JULIA PRESTON
With many illegal immigrants lying low to avoid a continuing crackdown, immigrant students have become the most visible supporters of a legislative overhaul.
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