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World can reach climate pact by end 2010 - Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Global climate change talks in Copenhagen next month should yield a concrete base that will allow for a definitive treaty to be agreed within a year, Mexico's top climate change diplomat said on Wednesday. Full Article
Israel halts some settlement, urges Abbas to talk
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a 10-month freeze on some building in West Bank settlements on Wednesday, pleasing the United States but Palestinians said it was not enough to restart peace talks. Full Article
India and Pakistan: the missing piece in the Afghan jigsaw
Last year's Mumbai attacks torpedoed hopes of a peace deal between India and Pakistan that might underpin a regional settlement for Afghanistan. Has President Barack Obama picked up the pieces? And if not, what is his back-up plan? Full Article
Opposition needs a wizard in Oz
On the surface, Australia's opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull won the endorsement of his party when he put his job on the line over his bipartisan support for the PM's carbon trade plan. But dig deeper and the picture looks much bleaker. Full Article
Germany: a tale of two foreign ministers
German media have become gripped by a popularity contest between new foreign minister Guido Westerwelle, and conservative defence minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, whose globe-trotting has earned him the nickname "the other foreign minister". Full Article
Mumbai attacks: a look back
One year after militants laid siege to Mumbai, a look back at the events and how they unfolded.
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Let down by Obama, Palestinians see few options
With U.S. diplomacy seemingly going nowhere, Palestinians are exploring desperate and at best symbolic measures to press a demand for a state that even firm believers in peace among them fear may never emerge. Full Article
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Indian outsourcers show signs of M&A appetite
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Indian outsourcing companies are looking to step up deal momentum amid rising consolidation in the industry as they face the threat of their services getting commoditized. Companies such as Tata Consultancy , Infosys Technologies and Wipro have historically been conservative when it came to mergers and acquisitions and have shied away from large deals. Full Article
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