December 08 News international

Thursday 08 December, 2011.

TOP STORY Raising USD 100 bn for climate fund in dispute Even in hard times, fighting climate change is not a luxury but a necessity, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, as climate negotiators bickered about how to raise hundreds of billions of dollars to adapt to a warming world. HEADLINES Pak and US negotiating new terms of engagement: report  Pakistan and the US are negotiating new terms of engagement for the reciprocal provision of logistic support, supplies and services for the war on terror that will replace an MoU signed during during former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's regime, a media report today said. 9 militants, soldier killed in clashes in Yemen Yemeni officials say al-Qaida-linked fighters have attacked an army post in an embattled southern province, sparking a battle in which nine militants and a soldier were killed. Zardari's condition stable; US says no military coup in Pak  Asif Ali Zardari, who is undergoing treatment in Dubai following heart complications, is in stable condition but would remain in hospital for few more days, authorities said, amid assertion by the US that the embattled Pakistan President's UAE trip was not political and there was no sign of a "silent military coup". ISI agent Fai expected to plead guilty The accused ISI agent Ghulam Nabi Fai, charged with illegally lobbying for Pakistan and its spy agency to influence US policy on Kashmir, is likely enter into a plea agreement before a US court on Wednesday. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

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