When the blighted housing projects ringing major French cities exploded in nationwide riots, France pledged quick action to fix them. Seven years on, the suburban projects remain islands of despair, lofty promises of rebirth largely forgotten. So a new plan to spend millions to help residents turn their neighborhoods around seemed cause for celebration.
Poor nations dismayed by looming climate aid gap
OSLO/LONDON (Reuters) – Rich nations are dismaying developing countries with pledges merely to continue aid to help them combat climate change in 2013 despite past promises of a tenfold surge to $100 billion a year by 2020. “There should be a transparent process to scale up finance” towards 2020, said Seyni Nafo of Mali, spokesman for the 54-nation African group at U.N. negotiations. The poor needed more than “an indication that funding will not fall off a cliff”. A looming gap in aid pledges after a 2010-12 “fast start” program of $10 billion a year is a big source of tension before U.N. …
South Africa corner Australia in Brisbane
BRISBANE (Reuters) – Centuries from Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla put Australia on the ropes before South Africa's bowlers landed some early blows of their own to leave the hosts struggling at 111 for three after the third day of the first test on Sunday. The tourists were reduced to 10 fit batsmen after an injury to JP Duminy but 147 from the evergreen Kallis and 104 from the in-form Amla helped them to an imposing first innings tally of 450. … Cameron under pressure over crowded runways
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron is coming under intense pressure from business leader s and airlines to end years of deadlock and decide whether to expand London's overstretched Heathrow airport – something that will infuriate local voters and some members of his own party. The decision will affect 750,000 people living under Heathrow's busy west-London flight path who are worried about aircraft noise, pollution and safety. For Heathrow, the stakes are high. … Protect democracy, liberty, justice as tribute to our war dead: Harper
HONG KONG – Canadians should live their lives worthy of the freedom, democracy and justice they enjoy as a tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice defending those values, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Sunday.
Cameron under pressure over Britain's crowded runways
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron is coming under intense p ressure from business leaders and airlines to end years of deadlock and decide whether to expand London's overstretched Heathrow airport – something that will infuriate local voters and some members of his own party. The decision will affect 750,000 people living under Heathrow's busy west-London flight path who are worried about aircraft noise, pollution and safety. For Heathrow, the stakes are high. … 
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