Attendees of Climate Conference Enjoyed Copenhagen Prostitutes
politiken.dk Thursday, May 28, 2009 The global climate challenge may have been on the daytime agenda during the recent World Business Summit climate conference in Copenhagen, but in the evenings many businessmen, politicians and civil servants are reported to have availed themselves of the capital’s prostitutes.
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Attendees of Climate Conference Enjoyed Copenhagen Prostitutes
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World sitting on ‘powder keg’: Amnesty
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N. Korean nuclear blast probably less powerful than hoped for: Yale scholar
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N. Korean nuclear blast probably less powerful than hoped for: Yale scholar
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China finding it harder to support NKorea: analysts
AFP Thursday, May 28, 2009 China has long been the main ally of North Korea, but as it assumes a greater role in international affairs, Beijing will find it more difficult to defend the isolated regime, analysts say. North Korea’s nuclear test this week and its threat to attack US and South Korean ships has infuriated the international community, which leaves China with less room to stand by Pyongyang’s side, they say. And that could mean dire consequences for Kim Jong Il’s regime — possibly including new UN sanctions on the North and a severe cut in trade and assistance from the one nation that keeps it afloat