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As the world's leaders converge for the global climate summit, the clouds over what had been deemed a fairly useless exercise in geopolitical stagecraft appear to be lifting. Most dramatic is a proposal that rich nations provide a $100 billion per year to help poorer nations cope with emission cuts.

The champion of London's homeless, Mark Guard, is becoming nearly as famous as his celebrity neighbors, including Maggie Thatcher, Joan Collins, Sean Connery and Nigella Lawson. Guard, the self-appointed leader of a group of squatters, is grabbing headlines again after taking up residence in...

It would appear that France and Britain are on the same page when it comes to bankers' bonuses. Their leaders certainly are -- literally. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown co-wrote an opinion piece in Thursday's Wall Street Journal calling for governments...

Markets soared worldwide following the announcement of the decision by the G20 finance leaders to maintain stimulus measures as long as U.S. employment figures remained weak. They agreed the stimulus is needed until the recovery is assured. But G20 members were split on how to assure that there...

Ministers from the Group of 20 expect to discuss exit strategies from the massive global economic stimulus, but all agree they must act cautiously. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner also wants to add leverage restraints to the G-20 agenda. The ministers will meet Friday evening in London to...