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The biggest climate talks in history opened on Monday with a stark U.N. warning of the risk of desertification and rising seas and an assurance by hosts Denmark that a deal to combat climate change was "within reach".
> Europe
Greek police fired teargas to disperse rioting protesters as thousands marched in Athens on Sunday to mark the police killing of a teenager, which unleashed the country's worst riots in decades last year.
> Europe
Dubai World, the indebted conglomerate at the heart of this sheikdom's credit problems, may sell off domestic and overseas assets acquired during a multiyear buying spree as it struggles to raise cash, according to a senior government official.
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Monday, December 7, 2009
There will be a "minor" Cabinet reshuffle sometime around Dec. 20, and two-term mayors and magistrates who have performed well will be invited to join the Cabinet when their tenures expire after that date, Premier Wu Den-yih said Monday.
> National
President Ma Ying-jeou has asked for an election review report as soon as possible in the wake of the ruling Kuomintang's (KMT's) lackluster performance in Saturday's local elections, party officials reported Monday.
> National
Rising temperatures are causing the Arctic's ice sheets to melt, opening the door for an economic boom in the region but also posing a major threat to the survival of its indigenous peoples.
The Democratic Progressive Party's gains in the just-ended local elections have bolstered the leadership of Tsai Ing-wen in what can be called a post-Chen Shui-bian era, party heavyweights and political observers have said.
A disgruntled candidate who fired a gunshot and injured a woman Saturday night in southwest Yunlin County expressed his regret and issued an apology to voters yesterday.
> Local
> Yunlin
Protesters hurled rocks and burning garbage at police Sunday as violence erupted during a march to mark the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenager, whose death sparked massive riots.
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