Bush facing pressure on global warming at G8 summit

Wed May 30, 2007 10:22PM EDT
By Caren Bohan and Deborah Zabarenko

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush is under pressure from European allies to give ground on climate change at next week's meeting of the world's richest countries, but policy experts say prospects for a breakthrough are slim. [Read More!]

Venezuela's Chavez widens attack on opposition media

Wed May 30, 2007 4:08AM BST
By Christian Oliver

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday called opposition news channel Globovision an enemy of the state and said he would do what was needed to stop it from inciting violence, only days after he shut another opposition broadcaster. [Read More!]

World CO2 emissions speed up since 2000

Mon May 21, 2007 10:15PM BST

By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide increased three times faster after 2000 than in the 1990s, putting them at the high end of a range of forecasts by an international climate change panel, scientists reported on Monday.
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Bush faces pressure on Iraq as Blair leaves

Thu May 10, 2007 8:51PM BST

By Steve Holland and Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush faced mounting pressure on Thursday from fellow Republicans as well as Democrats to show progress in Iraq within months or risk a collapse in support for the war. [Read More!]

Poll: Most back Congress over Bush in war funding fight

Story Highlights
? Poll: 57 percent support a war funding bill with a withdrawal timetable
? A majority, 60 percent, oppose cutting off funds to end Iraq war
? Nearly two-thirds oppose war, but most do not believe the war in Iraq is "lost"

By Bill Schneider
CNN Senior Political Analyst

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Most Americans disagree with President Bush's decision last week to veto the war funding bill that contained a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq.
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