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• INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Germany calls for binding climate deal in 2010
November 19, 2009 12:25 EST
BRUSSELS (AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for all countries to fix binding climate change targets next year at the latest.
She said she was worried that ambitions for talks in Copenhagen next month on a global pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions "seem to have shrunk."
Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy told a joint press conference in Brussels on Thursday that they both planned to attend the Copenhagen conference on Dec. 17-18 to push for a deal.
She acknowledged that a final agreement on targets would have to wait until 2010 and called for a deal in the first half of the year.
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Tonight: Clearing and still breezy. More clouds in the mountains. Lows 35 to 40. W winds 10-15 mph.
Saturday: Mostly sunny and mild. More clouds in the mountains. Highs in the 50s. Breezy with NW winds 10-15 mph.
Saturday night: Mostly Clear. Lows 24 to 34.
• BUSINESS NEWS
Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens
NEW YORK (AP) -- The stock market is losing ground for a third straight day as investors grow uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest government debt.
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CINCINNATI (AP) -- The Procter & Gamble Co. is recalling some 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after the company found bacteria in some samples during routine testing. ...
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IN THE NEWS: GOOGLE TO PROVIDE CAPTIONING FOR YOUTUBE
WASHINGTON (AP) -- "Closed captioning of this YouTube video provided by ...
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MYSTERIOUS DECORATIONS
HERSCHER, Ill. (AP) -- This isn't a case of breaking and entering -- more like breaking and decorating.
