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Haiti's Government alone has gathered 20,000 bodies not counting those collected by international organizations or relatives themselves, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive told The Associated Press.

Brazil's Camargo Correa Group must present a counterbid to take over cement maker Cimpor or withdraw its merger proposal, Portugal's stock market regulator told the company on Saturday.

The earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday afternoon destroyed about 70 percent of the buildings in the 15 districts of the country's capital city Port-au-Prince, the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva reported, according to EFE.

Haitian authorities estimated on Friday a death toll of 140,000 following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the country on Tuesday.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) expects new members to join at its next meeting while China and world top oil exporter Saudi Arabia are to attend as observers, its head said on Wednesday.

The devastating earthquake in Haiti is the biggest natural disaster so far in the Twitter era, and response on the micro-blogging site has been accordingly momentous.

Morocco will invite bids for construction of its first solar power station at the end of next month as part of a $9 billion solar energy project, its energy minister said on Wednesday.

The fiancée of deceased Cincinnati Bengals receiver, Chris Henry, said on ESPN he didn't try to kill himself when he jumped off the truck she was driving.

French ministers scrambled on Wednesday to rescue a carbon tax aimed at cutting energy consumption, which was annulled by the Constitutional Court just 48 hours before it was due to come into force.

Japan's government unveiled a growth strategy for the next 10 years on Wednesday, including creating new demand and jobs in areas such as the environment and health to boost the economy's growth rate. The government plans to finalise the strategy in June next year by nailing down details such as how to finance measures in the strategy and when to implement proposed policies.

A ferry collided with a fishing boat off the Philippines on Thursday killing three people and leaving about two dozen missing, an official said.

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Several developing nations rejected on Saturday a climate deal worked out by U.S. President Barack Obama and four major emerging economies, saying it could not become a U.N. blueprint for fighting global warming.

The White House said that world leaders had reached a meaningful agreement that would pave the way towards multi-laterally combatting global climate change.

The United Nations Climate summit (COP15) is likely to reach a final deal as world leaders were beginning to arrive at Copenhagen.

New data released today by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program says that by 2010 ocean levels are expected to rise by 0.5 to 1.5 meters.

Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co, Japan's biggest maker of construction steel, said it would cut the price of H-shaped steel, its mainstay product, to the lowest level in six years due to weak domestic demand.

President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday the French state would raise 35 billion euros ($51.33 billion) to fund strategic investments in the coming months, with the priority given to higher education and training.

Having an integrated clean technology strategy will be a big part of winning business in the 21st century, a Coca-Cola executive told Reuters.com on Monday, and its investments in refrigeration will likely have the biggest impact on that strategy long-term.

A 20 percent cut in greenhouse gases by rich nations would be a pretty good result for a U.N. climate summit even though it falls short of developing nations' hopes, the head of the U.N. climate panel said on Tuesday.

The tiny Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu got the world's attention this week in Copenhagen when its proposal for strong, legally binding emissions pacts for all nations held up the work of international climate talks.