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Leaders from around the world gathered these past two weeks at the Bali climate change talks to chart our collective future. Looking out my window in Beijing through the dense haze that envelops this powerful city with world-record levels of smog, dust, and deadly pollution, it is easy to understand why many there perceived China as the Godzilla of global warming.

Pervez Musharraf wants to impose an authoritarian presidential system on Pakistan in which the army preserves the dominant role. His people want a civilian government and the rule of law. That – not Islamic militancy – is the crux of the crisis in Pakistan.

With China now leading the list of global polluters, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) play an increasingly important role in tackling the country’s environmental challenges

The devastation of the cyclone in Bangladesh is inseparable from a long, painful political calamity

Coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, is the crack cocaine of the developing world.

When it comes to America's relationship with Pakistan, remember one thing: it's all about the fuel.

16th November 07, Agence France-Presse

East Asian poverty has dropped dramatically but rural areas risk being left behind threatening a widening income gap to urban regions, the World Bank said Thursday.