Archive - Dec 3, 2007

• UN Summit Seeks to Move Past Kyoto Protocol
• House and Senate Agree on New Energy Bill that Critics Say is Too Weak
• Bush and Congress Battle Over War Funds
• Chavez Loses Bid to Reform Venezuela's Constitution
• Sharif Barred from Participating in Election
• Developers Eye Woods in Maine

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• SUPREME COURT NEWS
• HIGHWAY PROTEST IN INDIA
• ECUADORIAN ASSEMBLY TACKLES NEW CONSTITUTION

World governments are meeting for a key UN climate summit that will
attempt to reach a deal on what should replace the Kyoto Protocol,
which ends in 2012. Talks will center on whether binding targets are
needed to cut emissions. It is the first such meeting since the IPCC, a
panel of leading scientists, concluded that climate change was "very
likely" caused by human activity. Rebecca Henschke reports from
Indonesia.

After weeks of waiting, the US House and Senate have finally come to
an agreement on energy policy. Fuel economy standards will see an
increase, but critics say the bill still doesn't go far enough. FSRN
Correspondent Matt Laslo has this report.

Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League, that nation's
second largest political party, has announced the party will not take
part in the country's general elections on January 8. His decision came
after the election commission barred him from taking part in the
elections because of his alleged involvement in hijacking the plane in
which current president Pervez Musharraf was returning home from Sri
Lanka in in 1999. FSRN's Masroor Hussain takes a look at what Sharif's
announcement means for Pakistan's political stability.

In an unprecedented decision, on the heels of massive street
demonstrations, millions of Venezuelans went to the polls over the
weekend. The result? The Venezuelan opposition gained its first victory
over President Hugo Chavez in 9 years, defeating his Constitutional
Reform Referendum yesterday by a margin of less than 2%. FSRN's Mike
Fox has more from Caracas.