17 Dec, 2009
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By Anne Thompson, NBC News’ Chief Environmental Affairs Correspondent
COPENHAGEN – By protest standards, the crowd wasn’t that big – about 2,500 people – but it was certainly loud and diverse. Anarchists, anti-capitalists, socialists and environmentalists all united to protest the fact that no deal has been struck yet among the 193 nations gathered in Copenhagen on [...]
17 Dec, 2009
Posted by: admin In: Around Beijing| News
By Jim Maceda, NBC News Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt – Dr. Mamdouh Hamza stood on a salty, barren stretch of caked sand and pointed to a clutch of rich green date palms a few hundred yards away. “What you’re looking at over there – that gives life to people.” Then he pointed down, towards his muddied shoes. [...]
By Chris Hampson, NBC News Director of International News
LONDON – There were times, I was told when I was a touch younger, when I could “cut the rug.” My moves on the dance-floor, if not quite spellbinding, had a certain charm verging on cool.My forte was the jive and I’d learned the basic moves from [...]
