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    May 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  1. RPT-ANALYSIS-Airline emissions deal may not come before EU deadline

    Reuters
    (Repeats Sunday item to additional subscribers) * EU emissions trading provoked ire from U.S., China, others * European officials gave UN agency fall deadline to show progress * Little decided so far, resolution may not be ready in time By Allison...

    Tags: Weather, Environmental Issues, Global Change, European Union, Environmental Politics

  2. May 14, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  3. COLUMN-African minerals and the illusion of fair value: Kemp

    Reuters
    By John Kemp LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - "With Africa's economies riding the crest of the global commodities wave, there is an unprecedented opportunity to convert the region's vast resource wealth into investments that could lift millions out of poverty,...

    Tags: Government, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Environmental Issues, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Energy Resources

  4. May 15, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  5. Proliferating scandals expose truth about Obama

    Dogged by scandal, and with his press secretary presumably now curled up in the fetal position and breathing into a brown paper bag, it's obvious President Barack Obama is in need.
    Dogged by scandal, and with his press secretary presumably now curled up in the fetal position and breathing into a brown paper bag, it's obvious President Barack Obama is in need. Our president must find his happy place again, away from irritating...

    Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Elections, Taxation, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Justice

  6. May 19, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  7. Syrian army, Hezbollah attack rebels in border town-opposition

    Reuters
    * Border town vital to Assad if Syria fragments * Heaviest clashes involving Lebanese group so far * Hezbollah also backed by Iran By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, May 19 (Reuters) - Syrian troops supported by Hezbollah militants launched an offensive to...

    Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, Bashar Assad, Unrest, Conflicts and War

  8. May 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. North Korea missile launches follow months of threats [Timeline]

    BEIJING -- North Korea's latest <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-north-korea-missiles-20130518,0,6989398.story">missile launch</a> comes after months of fiery rhetoric directed against South Korea, Japan and the United States, including threats of an imminent nuclear war.
    BEIJING -- North Korea's latest missile launch comes after months of fiery rhetoric directed against South Korea, Japan and the United States, including threats of an imminent nuclear war. The provocations eased with the conclusion of annual joint...

    Tags: Missile Systems, Wars and Interventions, Kim Jong Un, Weaponry, Defense

  10. May 19, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  11. Analysis: Airline emissions deal may not come before EU deadline

    Reuters
    (Reuters) - Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry's greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a fall deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to the brink of a trade war over the European Union's emissions trading...

    Tags: Weather, Environmental Issues, Global Change, European Union, Federal Aviation Administration

  12. May 19, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  13. WRAPUP 1-Hezbollah steps up Syria battle, Israel threatens more strikes

    Reuters
    * Fiercest fighting involving Hezbollah in Syria-activists * Israel threatens more strikes to keep arms from Hezbollah * Assad says planned peace talks won't stop "terrorists" By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN, May 19 (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah...

    Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Wars and Interventions, Israel, Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War

  14. May 14, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times
  15. Goldberg: Benghazi's smoking guns

    President Obama was asked about the metastasizing Benghazi scandal in a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday. Referring to the Americans who died in Benghazi, the president said, "We dishonor them when we turn things...

    Tags: Government, David Petraeus, Univision (tv network), David Cameron, David Letterman

  16. May 18, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  17. Syria's Assad: Little chance peace talks would succeed -newspaper

    Reuters
    LIMA, May 18 (Reuters) - Proposed peace talks for Syria would not curb "terrorism" in the country and it is unrealistic to think they would succeed, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published in an Argentine newspaper on Saturday....

    Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad, Peace Negotiations, Unrest, Conflicts and War

  18. May 18, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  19. South Korea says North Korea fires 3 short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters

    Associated Press
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy...

    Tags: Missile Systems, North Korea, Kim Jong Il, Weaponry, Seoul (South Korea)

  20. May 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. Syria's Assad dubious of U.S.-Russia peace initiative

    BEIRUT &mdash; Syrian President Bashar Assad has expressed skepticism that a planned U.S.-Russian peace conference could help stop the bloodshed in his country, according to an interview published Saturday in an Argentine newspaper.
    BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad has expressed skepticism that a planned U.S.-Russian peace conference could help stop the bloodshed in his country, according to an interview published Saturday in an Argentine newspaper. The Syrian leader...

    Tags: Government, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Taliban, Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad

  22. May 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  23. North Korea fires short-range missiles off east coast

    BEIJING — North Korea fired three short-range missiles off its east coast Saturday, following through on months of threats to conduct a missile launch. The South Korean Defense Ministry reported that it detected two launches in the morning and...

    Tags: Missile Systems, North Korea, South Korea, Wars and Interventions, Weaponry

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