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Polish prosecutor shoots self in head after press conference

A military prosecutor in western Poland shot himself in the head Monday after defending the work of his office and rejecting planned reforms, officials and media said Monday.

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Climate conference approves landmark deal (AP)

U.N. climate official Christiana Figueres, right, talks with delegates at the climate change summit as it nears it's end in the city of Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. Some ministers and top climate negotiators left Durban without an agreement Saturday, with time running out and the prospect of an inconclusive end jeopardizing new momentum in the fight against global warming. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP – A U.N. climate conference reached a hard-fought agreement early Sunday on a complex and far-reaching program meant to set a new course for the global fight against climate change for the coming decades.


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Climate deal up for approval at UN conference (AP)

U.N. climate official Christiana Figueres walk out of  the negotiation room as the climate change summit nears it's end in the city of Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Dec 10, 2011. Some ministers and top climate negotiators left Durban without an agreement Saturday, with time running out and the prospect of an inconclusive end jeopardizing new momentum in the fight against global warming. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP – Diplomats frazzled by sleeplessness debated into the early hours of Sunday at a U.N. conference over a complex and far-reaching program meant to set a new course for the global fight against climate change for the coming decades.


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UN conference to deal with carbon reductions (AP)

AP – The U.N.’s top climate official said Sunday she expects governments to make a long-delayed decision on whether industrial countries should make further commitments to reduce emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases.

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World conference on Libya urges new UN resolution (AP)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, holds the hand of Libyan National Transitional Council  chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, Sept.1, 2011. Heads of state and top officials gather in Paris to work out how to support Libya's opposition leaders after Gadhafi's fall from power. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP – A global conference on Libya’s future will urge the U.N. Security Council to press ahead with a new resolution that would help free up billions in frozen Libyan assets worldwide, a Western diplomat said Thursday.


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Man has heart attack during Maine heart disease conference; saved by doctor & nurses in attendance

He may be the luckiest heart attack victim in history. A man who collapsed in cardiac arrest in the middle of a Lewiston, Maine, conference on heart disease Monday had his life saved by a doctor and three nurses lecturing at the event, the Sun Journal reported.

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Wife blows off Weiner’s sext conference

Anthony Weiner’s tearful, heart-wrenching sexting confession Monday was notably solitary – conspicuously missing the concerned, doting wife of sex scandals past.

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