Sebia/Kosovo talks

BADEN, Austria – Internationally sponsored talks between Serbian and Kosovo Albanian leaders went into a second day here with no accord over the future of the province in sight, despite a deadline looming.

Iran has new missile * TEHRAN – Iran announced it has built a new missile with a range sufficient to put Israel and US bases in the Middle East within easy reach, amid rising tensions over Tehran’s contested nuclear drive. Dalai Lama on successor * AMRITSAR, India – Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said that his successor will be chosen outside of Tibet if he dies in exile.Pakistan unrest * PESHAWAR – Pakistani government troops have retaken a strategic peak from pro-Taliban rebels in the northwest Swat valley and shut down their propaganda machine, officials and residents said.Iraq PM blasted * BAGHDAD – Iraqi political and religious leaders blasted Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s agreement with Washington to negotiate a possible extension of the US troop presence in Iraq beyond 2008.Bomb explodes in Kabul * KABUL – A suicide car bomb aimed at US-led coalition soldiers exploded in an upmarket Kabul area that is home to foreign embassies and aid agencies, killing at least two Afghans, police said.EU-Africa summit * LISBON – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe will attend the European Union-Africa summit on December 8-9 in Lisbon, the Lusa news agency reported.Bad news on climate * NEW YORK – The latest news from the climate front isn’t good.The Arctic ice cap melted this summer to the greatest extent on record.Scientists say oceans are losing some ability to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide, the chief industrial emission blamed for warming.And the world’s power plants, factories, automobiles and jetliners are spewing carbon at a faster rate than anticipated.Nampa-AFP-APDalai Lama on successor * AMRITSAR, India – Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said that his successor will be chosen outside of Tibet if he dies in exile.Pakistan unrest * PESHAWAR – Pakistani government troops have retaken a strategic peak from pro-Taliban rebels in the northwest Swat valley and shut down their propaganda machine, officials and residents said.Iraq PM blasted * BAGHDAD – Iraqi political and religious leaders blasted Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s agreement with Washington to negotiate a possible extension of the US troop presence in Iraq beyond 2008.Bomb explodes in Kabul * KABUL – A suicide car bomb aimed at US-led coalition soldiers exploded in an upmarket Kabul area that is home to foreign embassies and aid agencies, killing at least two Afghans, police said.EU-Africa summit * LISBON – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe will attend the European Union-Africa summit on December 8-9 in Lisbon, the Lusa news agency reported.Bad news on climate * NEW YORK – The latest news from the climate front isn’t good.The Arctic ice cap melted this summer to the greatest extent on record.Scientists say oceans are losing some ability to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide, the chief industrial emission blamed for warming.And the world’s power plants, factories, automobiles and jetliners are spewing carbon at a faster rate than anticipated.Nampa-AFP-AP