Labour suffering election losses
Labour loses ground in English, Scottish and Welsh elections but claims to have avoided "disaster".
Front-runner Rudy Giuliani broke with the other nine Republicans in the party's first debate of the presidential campaign, saying that it would be OK if the Supreme Court upheld its landmark ruling on abortion rights. While the candidates are vying to follow one of their own, President Bush, into the Oval Office, another Republican loomed larger over the event -- Ronald Reagan.
Deal reached on climate change
International delegates agreed Friday that the world has the technology and money to limit catastrophic global warming, but that it must act now to reduce the harmful effects of greenhouse gas emissions.
Queen Begins Visit By Meeting Virginia Tech Victims
"My heart goes out to the students, friends and families of those killed and to the many others who have been affected, some of whom I shall be meeting shortly," she said Thursday in a speech to the state General Assembly in Virginia, where she had come for the commemoration of Jamestown's 400th anniversary. "On behalf of the people of the
Arctic Melt Worse Than Predictions
Arctic sea ice is melting at a rate far quicker than predicted by climate change computer models and could disappear completely before the middle of the century, scientists have warned. The study, published in the latest edition of the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found that the actual rate at which summer sea ice had shrunk per decade during the past 50 years was more than three times faster than an average of 18 of the most highly regarded climate simulations.
Retreating Arctic ice is considered a key indicator of the pace of global warming by environmentalists, and one that could have devastating knock-on repercussions for the wider climate, including warmer oceans and rising sea levels.
OK ... Global Warming, Virginia Tech are still prominent in the news .... but where are headlines relating to the countless thousands suffering in the world through deliberate acts of poverty, starvation, poisoning, rape, drug addiction, etc ... all of which can be solved if every of the rich b**t**ds of the world would each donate 1 Million of their profits which rot in their bank accounts?
