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Romanian election close as rivals claim victory (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 05:10 PM PST

Romania's incumbent President Traian Basescu casts his ballot at a polling station in Bucharest December 6, 2009. REUTERS/Bogdan CristelReuters - The result of Romania's presidential election was on a knife-edge on Monday with both candidates claiming victory.

British banks face tax on bonuses: reports (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 04:45 PM PST

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, pictured in November 2009, is mulling the levy on bankers handed bonuses above a certain level, and it could be included in his latest taxation and spending plans to be revealed on Wednesday, the Financial Times said.(AFP/File/Derek Blair)AFP - The government is considering slapping a "supertax" on bankers' bonuses amid fears of a lavish season for senior staff despite the global financial crisis, reports said Monday.

Both candidates claim victory in Romania race (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 03:31 PM PST

Incumbent President Traian Basescu reacts after seeing exit polls in the presidential elections runoff in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. Exit polls showed ex-foreign minister Mircea Geoana defeating incumbent Traian Basescu on Sunday in the Romanian presidential race. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP - Both candidates claimed victory in Romania's presidential runoff Sunday, leaving the outcome uncertain in an election Romanians hope can pull the country out of its worst political and economic crisis in 20 years.

Violence erupts on Greek riot anniversary (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 02:40 PM PST

A riot policeman's clothing catches fire after demonstrators threw petrol bombs at them, as violence erupted during a march to mark the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenager, whose death sparked massive riots, in Athens, on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. Clashes also broke out in Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki. (AP photo/Dimitri Messinis)AP - Masked youths hurled firebombs and chunks of marble at police during a march in Athens on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenager whose death sparked massive riots.

Johnson voted off X factor ahead of final (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 02:21 PM PST

Danyl Johnson was voted off the X Factor on Sunday, losing out to Stacey Solomon for a place in next week's final.(X Factor)AFP - Danyl Johnson was voted off the X Factor on Sunday, losing out to Stacey Solomon for a place in next week's final.

World's newspapers unite to urge climate change action (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 02:03 PM PST

A banner is displayed in front of Nelson's Column as environmental protestors continue to set up their illegal climate camp in Trafalgar Square, central London. Newspapers in 45 countries will implore Monday world leaders to take decisive action at the Copenhagen climate change talks, warning failure will bring calamity, the London-based Guardian said.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Newspapers in 45 countries will implore Monday world leaders to take decisive action at the Copenhagen climate change talks, warning failure will bring calamity, the London-based Guardian said.

President, challenger both claim victory in Romania vote (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 01:49 PM PST

Presidential candidate Mircea Geoana celebrates the results of exit polls, which place him first, at the end of the voting day in Bucharest. Both candidates in Romania's presidential run-off vote claimed victory on Sunday as exit polls put the result on a knife-edge.(AFP/Andrei Pungovschi)AFP - Both candidates in Romania's presidential run-off vote claimed victory on Sunday, although most exit polls put Social-Democrat Mircea Geoana ahead of incumbent Traian Basescu.

Obama-mania lives on in Europe, but results wanted (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 01:43 PM PST

FILE - In this July 9, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about climate change during the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy. A poll released Friday and conducted in the five major European powers, France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Spain, showed that Obama has retained the support of the vast majority of the Europeans polled, even as his rating sagged in the U.S. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)AP - Europeans might have reason to feel disappointed with Barack Obama.

Russia mourns as anger rises over deadly club fire (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 01:32 PM PST

Reuters - Russians mourned on Sunday for 112 revelers killed in a nightclub blaze, expressing anger at breaches of fire safety rules that prosecutors have blamed for Russia's most deadly fire in decades.

UN climate science head hopes for more US action (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 11:34 AM PST

AP - "There is scope for going above what is going to be legislated," Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, told The Associated Press on the eve of the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen.

Nobel laureates call for gender balance in science (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 09:24 AM PST

The 2009 Nobel laureate in medicine Elizabeth H Blackburn of the US talks during a joint news conference held by the Nobel Foundation at the Karolinska Institute on Saturday Dec. 6, 2009, in Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Prize ceremony will take place on Thursday Dec. 10, 2009 in Stockholm. (AP Photo/Janerik Henriksson/Scanpix Sweden)AP - The two female winners of this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Sunday urged scientific institutions to change their career structures to help more women reach top positions.

Queen Elizabeth II tells paparazzi to back off (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 08:53 AM PST

AP - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has warned newspapers not to run unauthorized paparazzi photos of the royal family, Buckingham Palace said Sunday.

UN climate chief: Hacked e-mails are damaging (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 07:35 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2008 file photo, U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer speaks during a news conference in Poznan, Poland. Money on the table could help close a deal in Denmark next month keeping climate talks moving toward a new global treaty in 2010. Too little up front at the U.N.'s Copenhagen conference could be a deal-breaker. The money would help poorer nations cope with ocean flooding, drought and other effects of climate change, and to cut down on their own emissions of global-warming gases. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil, File)AP - The world is entering talks on a new climate pact with unprecendented unity and leaders must seize the moment to create a turning point in the battle against global warming, the U.N.'s top climate official said Sunday. At a news conference, Yvo de Boer called on the 192 nations represented at the U.N. climate summit starting Monday "to deliver a strong and long-term response to the challenge of climate change."

Pope to climate summit: respect God's creation (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 03:25 AM PST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI has told world leaders attending the climate summit in Copenhagen that caring for God's creation requires they adopt sober and responsible lifestyles.

Turkish PM: no additional troops for Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 02:29 AM PST

AP - Turkey's prime minister has ruled out sending additional troops to Afghanistan but says the country is willing to train the Afghan army and police.

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