We just celebrated the smallest Amazon Rainforest deforestation rate of the past three years: 17 thousand square kilometers. This corresponds almost to the half size of the Netherlands. We have already been able to destroy 16% of the total rainforest area, which corresponds to twice the size of Germany and three areas corresponding to the state of Sao Paulo.
US and Russia have pushed for peaceful nuk energy use and said they had begun talks to trim their nuclear arsenals "to the lowest possible level" ahead of the expiry of a landmark strategic weapons agreement.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton made his campaign-trail debut on for wife Hillary Clinton on Tuesday where is said that he would do all he can to help her win the White House.
Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas's Palestinian Govt have resumed security talks after a long break, which is a new sign of cooperation between the two country after the Islamic militant Hamas took over Gaza.
Pakistani officials warned heavily armed militants holed up inside a radical mosque in central Islamabad to lay down their weapons or face attack. After a deadline for 1100 local time passed, several hundred students left the mosque, but hundreds of others remained inside.