DOHA, Qatar – An area of Arctic sea ice bigger than the United States melted this year, according the U.N. weather agency, which said the dramatic decline illustrates that climate change is happening “before our eyes.”
Chinese police plan to board vessels in disputed seas
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in the southern C hinese island province of Hainan will board and search ships which enter into what China considers its territorial waters in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Thursday, a move which could raise tensions further. The South China Sea is Asia's biggest potential military trouble spot with several Asian countries claiming sovereignty. … Fossil site near Pryor Mountains reveals dinosaur die-off
BILLINGS, Mont. – After 10 years of painstakingly unearthing scattered dinosaur fossils at a site along the base of the Pryor Mountains, Glenn Storrs believes he has figured out how the bones arrived at their final resting place 145 million to 150 million years ago.
Japan fund managers grow equity stakes, but not at home: poll
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese fund managers slightly increased their asset allocations to shares on the prospect of more monetary easing in the developed world and a pickup in Chinese economy , a Reuters poll showed. At the same time, however, they trimmed their weighting on Japanese shares to seven-month low as they viewed Tokyo shares' strong performance this month as driven by unrealistic hopes of more money-printing in Japan after next month's election. … Japan's new Restoration Party seeks bigger defense spending
TOKYO (Reuters) – A new Japanese party that hopes to become a force to contend with in a December 16 general election is calling for more defense spending to protect national in terests and lower corporate and income taxes to bolster the economy, domestic media said on Thursday. The Japan Restoration Party, which came in second to the main opposition Liberal Democrats in an opinion poll published on Thursday, also wants to shrink the role of the central government while promoting free-market competition and making it easier to revise Japan's pacifist constitution. … Family sues US over mysterious death of scientist who was drugged during Cold War
not, as the CIA says, that he jumped to his death.
Spruce that survived Sandy lights up as Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
NEW YORK, N.Y. – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday helped light the Rockefeller Center tree, an 80-foot Norway spruce that made it through Superstorm Sandy.
Chavez's return to Cuba for treatment rattles Venezuela
CARACAS/HAVANA (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was back in Cuba on Wednesday for cancer-link ed medical treatment that revived questions about the viability of his socialist rule and left Venezuelans again guessing about his exact condition. After weeks of scarce public appearances, Chavez, 58, announced in a letter on Tuesday that he was going to Havana for therapy known as "hyperbaric oxygenation" – a method used to reduce bone decay caused by radiation therapy. … 
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