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• BBC News: Brazil proposes carbon cut target
• The Brazilian government has announced that it aims to achieve a reduction of at least 36% on its carbon emissions by the year 2020. If it meets its pledge, greenhouse gas emissions would be near 1994 levels. The proposal, which is not a binding target, was revealed in advance of the major UN summit on climate change to be held in Copenhagen in December. Brazil hopes to put pressure on richer nations to declare their intentions and...
• The Independent: Crime Exchange: What we can learn from each other
• Mark Hughes in Baltimore Tell people more aboutcrime The first thing that I was alerted to in Baltimore, literally, was the openness of theirpolice force in terms of telling the public, and press, about crime. Just 15 minutes after I arrived I was at the scene of a shooting, having been alerted by a post on the police department's official Twitter site. Compare this to Justin's experience in the UK. He arrived at the flat in which he was staying in Kentish Town, north London, on Thursday...
• The Independent: Palin uses book to get her revenge
• If anyone doubted that the book Going Rogue would live up to its title, Sarah Palin has set them straight. Twelve months after she and John McCain lost the race for the US presidency, details from the former governor of Alaska's memoir have leaked, giving an incendiary insight into Ms Palin's view of a campaign team she apparently loathed as much as they loathed her. Going Rogue is not due to hit bookshelves until next Tuesday. But early details suggest that Ms Palin has used her high-profile...
• The Times: Obesity in America linked to 'liquid Satan' from Iowa corn fields
• The link has not been proven, but the theory is compelling. It suggests that America is doomed to lead the world's obesity rankings as long as the process by which it elects its presidents starts in Iowa - a state known for its cornfields and corn subsidies. With a minimum price of $1.90 per bushel o
• The Times: Iguacu, the world's most spectacular waterfall
• I have a confession to make. Waterfalls, the Niagaras and Victorias of this world, have always left me a tad disappointed, and therefore racked with guilt. I mean, here are some of Mother Nature's most spectacular wonders and I'm just seeing a lot of water going over a cliff. A fewphotos later and I'm back on the bus. Until now. Because at long last I have seen the light and, hallelujah, I can say that there is at least one waterfall in the world that is so astonishing that on first spying it...
• PR Newswire: Pepe Aguilar, Oscar D'Leon, Juan Gabriel, Mariachi Reyna De Los Angeles, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, and Wisin y Yandel Join Stellar Lineup for 10th Annual Latin GRAMMY(R) Awards
• THE LATIN GRAMMY PRE-TELECAST CEREMONY TO BE STREAMED LIVE ONLINE FOR THE FIRSTTIME ON LATINGRAMMY.COM Enrique Bunbury, Luis Enrique, Kany Garcia, Enrique Iglesias, Victor Manuelle, German Montero, Omara Portuondo, Milly Quezada, Reik, and Johnny Ventura To Present at Milestone Telecast Airing Nov. 5 on Univision Network Live From Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Download