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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1768 Most Recommended Science en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:51:59 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1768 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/g20_finance_ministers ap/20091107/g20_finance_ministers AP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:58:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/g20_finance_ministers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.b71857aa60a844f8a940a5f40deb333f.britain_g20_finance_ministers_meeting_gcc115.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=qixb7buWS3yvqfFC101vwQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, left, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, and British Treasury chief Alistair Darling, right, are seen during a group photo session at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Clark)" border="0" /></a>AP - Finance officials from rich and developing countries pledged Saturday to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured, but failed to reach a clear agreement to bear the cost of fighting climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/g20_finance_ministers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.b71857aa60a844f8a940a5f40deb333f.britain_g20_finance_ministers_meeting_gcc115.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=qixb7buWS3yvqfFC101vwQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, left, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, and British Treasury chief Alistair Darling, right, are seen during a group photo session at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Clark)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_space_elevator ap/20091107/us_space_elevator AP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:53:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_space_elevator"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.056a5dc778b142d89afc27b20523ed5a.space_elevator_cars201.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=LxPjtp5wxkhqT5cL77t3Zg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="This handout photo from NASA shows David Bashford, right, lead of the LaserMotive team, preparing their robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high. (AP Photo/NASA, Tom Tschida)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space &mdash; an idea spurred by science fiction novels.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_space_elevator"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.056a5dc778b142d89afc27b20523ed5a.space_elevator_cars201.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=LxPjtp5wxkhqT5cL77t3Zg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="This handout photo from NASA shows David Bashford, right, lead of the LaserMotive team, preparing their robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high. (AP Photo/NASA, Tom Tschida)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_mushrooms_repatriated ap/20091107/as_china_mushrooms_repatriated AP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:26:30 GMT AP - A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/financeeconomyg20britain afp/20091107/financeeconomyg20britain AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:51:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/financeeconomyg20britain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257611124546-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=KmJNAlURuwgBr1z2DMv8ow--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Chancellor Alistair Darling attends a G20 Finance Ministers group photograph outside the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews. G20 countries committed to work for an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate funding.(AFP/Derek Blair)" border="0" /></a>AFP - G20 nations fell short of reaching agreement on climate finance a month before key UN talks, while pledging Saturday to maintain stimulus measures for a still "uneven" global economy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/financeeconomyg20britain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257611124546-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=KmJNAlURuwgBr1z2DMv8ow--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chancellor Alistair Darling attends a G20 Finance Ministers group photograph outside the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews. G20 countries committed to work for an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate funding.(AFP/Derek Blair)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/taiwanexportshrimp afp/20091107/taiwanexportshrimp AFP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:36:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/taiwanexportshrimp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257618864825-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=SbVCmH9F034fgdtZVQhSNA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A Harlequin shrimp, Hymenocera picta, is displayed in a tank during the annual Taiwan International Aquarium Expo in Taipei in November 6. Taiwanese breeders said Saturday they are hoping to make huge profits from a rare species of ornamental shrimp after a pair sold for 8,500 US dollars at auction.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Taiwanese breeders said Saturday they are hoping to make huge profits from a rare species of ornamental shrimp after a pair sold for 8,500 US dollars at auction.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/taiwanexportshrimp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257618864825-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=SbVCmH9F034fgdtZVQhSNA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Harlequin shrimp, Hymenocera picta, is displayed in a tank during the annual Taiwan International Aquarium Expo in Taipei in November 6. Taiwanese breeders said Saturday they are hoping to make huge profits from a rare species of ornamental shrimp after a pair sold for 8,500 US dollars at auction.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/themanymysteriesofneanderthals livescience/20091107/themanymysteriesofneanderthals LiveScience.com science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:51:50 GMT LiveScience.com - Editor's Note: This is Part 6 in a 10-part LiveScience series on the origin, evolution and future of the human species and the mysteries that remain to be solved. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/spacejunkbuzzesstationasastronautssleep space/20091107/spacejunkbuzzesstationasastronautssleep SPACE.com science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:02:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/spacejunkbuzzesstationasastronautssleep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/net/20091106/capt.7a732acaa9d71d9da1f1038691481253.jpeg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=jqA20.Iv3RRA3lJ2EIeQQg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="In this image provided by NASA, the Russian segment of the international space station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 18 crewmember during a spacewalk Tuesday March 10, 2009." border="0" /></a>SPACE.com - A small chunk of space trash made an uncomfortably close pass by the International Space Station late Friday, but not close enough to force the astronauts aboard to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/spacejunkbuzzesstationasastronautssleep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/net/20091106/capt.7a732acaa9d71d9da1f1038691481253.jpeg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=jqA20.Iv3RRA3lJ2EIeQQg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this image provided by NASA, the Russian segment of the international space station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 18 crewmember during a spacewalk Tuesday March 10, 2009." border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (SPACE.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/britainenergynuclearpolitics afp/20091107/britainenergynuclearpolitics AFP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:13:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/britainenergynuclearpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257569608343-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=hHBqD6CNeYVXT9T8raLlaA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="File picture shows barrels containing high level radioactive nuclear waste in a coolant tank at Sellafield nuclear plant. The country could face a serious energy crisis unless plans to build new nuclear power stations are implemented, the energy secretary revealed in an interview Saturday.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The country could face a serious energy crisis unless plans to build new nuclear power stations are implemented, the energy secretary revealed in an interview Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/britainenergynuclearpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257569608343-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=hHBqD6CNeYVXT9T8raLlaA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="File picture shows barrels containing high level radioactive nuclear waste in a coolant tank at Sellafield nuclear plant. The country could face a serious energy crisis unless plans to build new nuclear power stations are implemented, the energy secretary revealed in an interview Saturday.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_shell_oil_environmental_fine ap/20091106/us_shell_oil_environmental_fine AP science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:37:33 GMT AP - Shell Oil Co. has been ordered to pay $19.5 million to the state for environmental violations at gas stations around California. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_caribbean_coral ap/20091106/cb_caribbean_coral AP science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:41:00 GMT AP - Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/climate ap/20091106/climate AP science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:25:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.91b25b2461614d45a466ed7018272c22.spain_climate_mf109.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ZP11A4py9OeArhjasSAIgw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="An activist of the environmental group Avaaz wearing costume representing an alien delegation mingles with UN delegates during the UN climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Barcelona hosts the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)" border="0" /></a>AP - After two years of tough U.N. climate talks often pitting the world's rich against the poor, negotiators said Friday a new global agreement now rides on industrial nations pledging profound emissions cuts next month in Copenhagen.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.91b25b2461614d45a466ed7018272c22.spain_climate_mf109.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ZP11A4py9OeArhjasSAIgw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="An activist of the environmental group Avaaz wearing costume representing an alien delegation mingles with UN delegates during the UN climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Barcelona hosts the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/unclimatewarmingunfcccus afp/20091106/unclimatewarmingunfcccus AFP science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:20:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/unclimatewarmingunfcccus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257519588320-8-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=wAP7jVAaDrEZQfr0vlTeNQ--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Activists of the environmental group Greenpeace hang a banner reading "Climate Chaos, Who is to Blame?" from the Cristobal Colon statue in Barcelona. The United States said it could still present proposals for curbing its carbon emissions at next month's climate change meeting in Copenhagen, even if Congress was still debating global warming legislation.(AFP/Lluis Gene)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States said on Friday it could still present proposals for curbing its carbon emissions at next month's climate change meeting in Copenhagen, even if Congress was still debating global warming legislation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/unclimatewarmingunfcccus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257519588320-8-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=wAP7jVAaDrEZQfr0vlTeNQ--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="Activists of the environmental group Greenpeace hang a banner reading "Climate Chaos, Who is to Blame?" from the Cristobal Colon statue in Barcelona. The United States said it could still present proposals for curbing its carbon emissions at next month's climate change meeting in Copenhagen, even if Congress was still debating global warming legislation.(AFP/Lluis Gene)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/apecsummitclimatewarmingeconomy afp/20091106/apecsummitclimatewarmingeconomy AFP science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:03:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/apecsummitclimatewarmingeconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257478973237-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=bTnBB59yLj3AJyfyWasw5g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="View of the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta Province, Canada on October 25. Greenpeace is calling for an end to oil sands mining in the region due to their greenhouse gas emissions and have recently staged sit-ins which briefly halted production at several mines.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Asia-Pacific powers including the United States, China and Russia are expected to call next week for sweeping cuts in greenhouse gas emissions on the final countdown to a crunch climate meeting.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/apecsummitclimatewarmingeconomy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257478973237-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=bTnBB59yLj3AJyfyWasw5g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="View of the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta Province, Canada on October 25. Greenpeace is calling for an end to oil sands mining in the region due to their greenhouse gas emissions and have recently staged sit-ins which briefly halted production at several mines.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/climatewarmingunbritain afp/20091106/climatewarmingunbritain AFP science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:41:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/climatewarmingunbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257496569160-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=KYrIZN1cI31Gsj4viINwfQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The world's largest offshore windmill farm located just outside Copenhagen harbour. Negotiations ahead of the crucial UN climate talks in Copenhagen are "not going well", Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has warned.(AFP/File/Soeren Bidstrup)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Negotiations ahead of the crucial UN climate talks in Copenhagen are "not going well", Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has warned.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/climatewarmingunbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257496569160-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=KYrIZN1cI31Gsj4viINwfQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="The world's largest offshore windmill farm located just outside Copenhagen harbour. Negotiations ahead of the crucial UN climate talks in Copenhagen are "not going well", Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has warned.(AFP/File/Soeren Bidstrup)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/indiaeuclimatechange afp/20091106/indiaeuclimatechange AFP science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:05:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/indiaeuclimatechange"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257524640582-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=kScVzjTydjnxIhnDYGxnPg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (L) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the European Union Summit in New Delhi. Reinfeldt, acting as president of the EU, warned Friday of the impact of climate change on India unless a new emissions pact was reached in upcoming UN climate talks.(AFP/Raveendran)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, acting as president of the EU, warned Friday of the impact of climate change on India unless a new emissions pact was reached in upcoming UN climate talks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/indiaeuclimatechange"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257524640582-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=kScVzjTydjnxIhnDYGxnPg--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (L) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the European Union Summit in New Delhi. Reinfeldt, acting as president of the EU, warned Friday of the impact of climate change on India unless a new emissions pact was reached in upcoming UN climate talks.(AFP/Raveendran)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/3350825 mcclatchy/20091106/3350825 McClatchy Newspapers science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:31:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; As an evangelical Christian living in Texas, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe found that many conservatives had questions about climate change based on things they'd heard on talk radio. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/someoftheuniversesfirstgalaxiesdiscovered space/20091106/someoftheuniversesfirstgalaxiesdiscovered SPACE.com science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:21:08 GMT SPACE.com - A new survey has found 22 of the earliest galaxies to form in the universe, confirming the age of one at just 787 million years after the theoretical Big Bang. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/asimplesneezeraisesfearofdeath livescience/20091106/asimplesneezeraisesfearofdeath LiveScience.com science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:15:56 GMT LiveScience.com - In the current atmosphere of heightened concern over the H1N1 virus, the everyday sneeze can trigger fears of totally unrelated hazards, including heart attacks, new research suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_biofuels_initiative_tennessee ap/20091106/us_biofuels_initiative_tennessee AP science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:39:15 GMT AP - Gov. Phil Bredesen says a legislative staff member who attacked a state-backed initiative to turn switchgrass into ethanol is playing politics and endangering chances to land a large investment for East Tennessee. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/apecsummitclimatewarming afp/20091106/apecsummitclimatewarming AFP science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:43:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/apecsummitclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257490872733-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=CiWyV8Nf4nFIYOeJY.NZSA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="File photo shows a man riding his tricycle past a coal-fired power station on the outskirts of Beijing. Asia-Pacific powers including the United States, China and Russia are expected to call next week for sweeping cuts in greenhouse gas emissions on the final countdown to a crunch climate meeting.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Asia-Pacific leaders plan to call for sweeping cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at a summit here next week, according to a draft communique obtained by AFP Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/apecsummitclimatewarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257490872733-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=CiWyV8Nf4nFIYOeJY.NZSA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo shows a man riding his tricycle past a coal-fired power station on the outskirts of Beijing. Asia-Pacific powers including the United States, China and Russia are expected to call next week for sweeping cuts in greenhouse gas emissions on the final countdown to a crunch climate meeting.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)