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Companies to face mandatory greenhouse gas reporting
Christian Aid is celebrating its campaign success after the Government announced that companies listed in Britain will have to report each year on their carbon emissions.
Prominent Chinese rights activist sentenced to jail
A Chinese court ruled Thursday that the writings and comments of one of the most prominent human rights activists in China amounted to inciting subversion, his lawyer said.
Paedophiles told to hand over email addresses
Registered child sex offenders will have to provide their email addresses to police in a move to stop them using social networking Web sites, the Home Office announced on Friday.
Aid agencies warn of tension amid Zimbabwe election result delays
International aid agencies fear that the cloud of uncertainty hanging over the presidential election results in Zimbabwe is increasing tension across the country.
Religion must be saved from extremism, says Blair
In his first major speech on religion, Tony Blair said last night that religion must be rescued from extremism and irrelevance and used as a force for good at a time of global turmoil.
Malaysia urged to extend cuddle ban to non-Muslims
Islamic lawyers meeting in Malaysia want an existing ban on unwed Muslim couples from cuddling or holding hands to be extended to non-Muslims caught flirting with the faithful, a local newspaper said on Thursday.
Pope to visit New York synagogue during US trip
Pope Benedict will meet Jewish leaders in Washington and visit a synagogue in New York in acknowledgment of the Passover festival, which begins during his US tour this month, US bishops said on Thursday.
King still roils US politics 40 years after death
Forty years after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death in a racially charged assassination, the civil rights leader is still roiling American politics.
Egypt satellite drops critical London-based channel
Satellite operator Nilesat, partially owned by Egypt's government, has dropped a London-based station that has criticised Egyptian policies, the station said on Thursday.
Lloyd's sees benefit from U.S. regulatory revamp
Lloyd's of London, a prominent insurance market, sees benefit from a proposed revamping of financial services regulation in the United States, Chief Executive Richard Ward said on Thursday.
Race to become London mayor grows tight
The race to become mayor of London, with its implications for national politics and the 2012 Olympics, tightened on Thursday with polls putting the Conservative and Labour rivals neck-and-neck.
French mission stands by to treat Colombia hostage
A French medical team on Thursday prepared to fly into Colombia's jungles to treat rebel hostage Ingrid Betancourt, a French-Colombian politician believed seriously ill after six years in guerrilla captivity.
King still roils U.S. politics 40 years after death
Forty years after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death in a racially charged assassination, the civil rights leader is still roiling American politics.
NATO promises Ukraine and Georgia entry one day
NATO leaders promised Ukraine and Georgia on Thursday they would one day join the Western defence alliance after rebuffing U.S. demands to put the former Soviet republics on an immediate path to membership.
Chavez nationalizes Venezuela's cement industry
President Hugo Chavez on Thursday announced the immediate nationalization of Venezuela's cement industry, a move that will hit Mexico's Cemex, just a year after Chavez launched a wave of state takeovers.
Cyprus tears down barricade dividing island
Greek and Turkish Cypriots pulled down barricades on Thursday separating them for half a century, reopening a street which became a symbol of Cyprus's ethnic partition.