AP - Thousands of tuna,
their silver bellies
bloated with fat, swim
frantically around in
netted areas of a small
bay, stuffing themselves
until they grow twice as
heavy as in the wild.
AFP - Australia has
welcomed a 90 billion
dollar (82 billion US)
deal to supply liquefied
natural gas (LNG) to a
Japanese power company in
what is believed to be
the country's biggest
export sales contract.
AP - Eric Horvitz
illustrates the potential
dilemmas of living with
robots by telling the
story of how he once got
stuck in an elevator at
Stanford Hospital with a
droid the size of a
washing machine.
AFP - Dubai's debt crisis
may make a small dent in
its greenhouse gas
emissions but the Gulf
emirate faces an enormous
task to cut carbon to the
levels to be proposed at
the UN climate summit
starting this week.
AFP - Rising temperatures
are causing the Arctic's
ice sheets to melt,
opening the door for an
economic boom in the
region but also posing a
major threat to the
survival of its
indigenous peoples.
AP - For 20 years, as
this crowded planet grew
warmer, nations have
gathered annually to try
to do something about it.
History now brings them
to this chilly northern
capital, and to a
crossroads.