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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 2009
Page
8
Police clamp down on climate protesters as Copenhagen hosts the U.N. climate summit. The 350 parts per million target dominates talks with advocates calling it the line between habitability and a desolate future.
World leaders seek a framework to cap greenhouse gas emissions and fund climate aid. Proposals vary from near elimination to halving emissions by 2050, with rich nations pledging modest cuts and money to poorer nations. Experts warn current pledges fall far short of preventing dangerous warming.
Two civilian members of the United Nations African Union mission in Darfur who were held hostage for more than 100 days have been released. Secretary-General Ban Ki moon expressed deep gratification at the news. Abductors remain unidentified and unnamed.
Government Camp Oregon rescuers used helicopter and airplanes to search for two missing climbers as eight inches of snow blanketed Mount Hood. Avalanche danger halted foot rescue, with authorities warning the high elevations remain hazardous.
Author Stephen King and his wife Tabitha donate 13000 dollars to pay for two bus trips for 150 Maine Army National Guard soldiers from Camp Atterbury Indiana to Maine for Christmas. The unit plans to return to Afghanistan in January.
President Obama says by year’s end 2010 he will know if the Afghan plan works and vows to change course if territory gains and civilian protection falter. He recalls ordering 30,000 more troops in December and explains deployment will eventually transition to Afghan forces with a July 2011 handover. General McChrystal backs the aim of securing populations to render Taliban irrelevant.
New York AP reports Paul Samuelson, Nobel Prize winner and MIT professor, died at 94 in Belmont Massachusetts. His work brought mathematical analysis to economics and his textbook Economics educated millions. His influence reached Kennedy era tax policy and liberal economic thought. Samuelson's bestseller has sold over 4 million copies in 40 languages.
Iran and North Korea push ahead with programs as UN sanctions stall increase. Experts warn of a cascade of proliferation if containment fails. North Korea restarts facilities and conducts tests while Iran expands enrichment, plans phased uranium swaps, raising global risk.
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