U.N. chief considers summit on climate change

Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:13 PM GMT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is considering calling a summit on climate change, possibly in June, but may have to settle for a ministerial meeting, his spokeswoman Michelle Montas said on Tuesday.
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Majority in U.S. want troop deadline in Iraq: poll
Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:07 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A narrow majority of Americans now favor setting a deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. forces in Iraq and a record number say they disapprove of the war, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released on Monday.
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Iran launches home-made space missile: state TV
Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:28 AM ET

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has launched a home-made missile capable of reaching space, Iran's state television Web site reported on Sunday, quoting an Iranian aerospace official.
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Report says U.S. drawing bombing plans for Iran
Sun Feb 25, 2007 1:24 AM GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite the Bush administration's insistence it has no plans to go to war with Iran, a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President George W. Bush, The New Yorker magazine reported in its latest issue.
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Cluster Munitions: Governments to Discuss New Treaty

Oslo Conference Plans to Limit Weapon Threatening Civilians

(Oslo, February 20, 2007) ? Governments meeting in Oslo to launch a historic initiative to ban cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians should agree to conclude a new treaty by 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. More than 40 countries are expected to attend the Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions on February 22-23.
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