Former PM John Howard thinks there'll never be a worldwide climate change agreement and admits he only backed emissions trading before the 2007 election because he faced a "perfect storm" on the issue.
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OTTAWA - The mayor of Canada's largest city Toronto has admitted that he once smoked crack, months after a video allegedly showing him taking the drug surfaced, sparking calls for his resignation.
LONDON - Britain's phone-hacking trial has heard evidence about how the News of the World listened to voicemail messages left for missing British schoolgirl Milly Dowler, the case which brought down the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper.
BERLIN - Germany has asked to speak to Britain's ambassador following a media report that London has been operating a secret listening post from its embassy in the German capital.
GENEVA - A long-awaited peace conference for war-torn Syria appears set for further delays as sharp divisions persist between the rival camps over the conditions for their participation.
OSLO - The murder of three bus passengers in Norway has rekindled criticism of the Norwegian police's ability to react to violent crimes two and a half years after the Breivik massacre.
NEW DELHI - India has successfully launched its first mission to Mars, aiming to become the only Asian nation to reach the Red Planet with a program showcasing its low-cost space technology.
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