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The United States, China and India could scuttle attempts to save the only treaty governing global warming, Europe's top negotiator said Friday hours before a 194-nation U.N. climate conference was to close.
Photos: Life under the Tungurahua volcano
Ecuador's government is urging four villages to evacuate because of increased activity in the Tungurahua volcano, which has been active since 1999.
The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa has banned a contentious oil and gas recovery technique and wants to stop a federal auction that would open drilling on the reservation.