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Barack Obama may be forced to delay signing up to a new international agreement on climate change in Copenhagen at the end of the year because of the scale of opposition in the US Congress, it emerged today.Senior figures in the Obama administration have been warning Labour counterparts that the president may need at least another six months to win domestic support for any proposal.Such a delay could derail the securing of a tough global agreement in time for countries and markets to adopt it before the Kyoto treaty runs out in 2012.American officials would prefer to have the approval of Congress for any international agreement and fear that if the US signed up without it there would be a serious domestic backlash.Stephen Byers, co-chairman of the International Climate Change Taskforce, said: 'The Copenhagen climate change talks in December will come at a difficult moment. The timing couldn't really be worse for the Obama administration. It is vital that this is recognised by the inter

Barack Obama may be forced to delay signing up to a new international agreement on climate change in Copenhagen at the end of the year because of the scale of opposition in the US Congress, it emerged today.Senior figures in the Obama administration have been warning Labour counterparts that the president may need at least another six months to win domestic support for any proposal.Such a delay could derail the securing of a tough global agreement in time for countries and markets to adopt it before the Kyoto treaty runs out in 2012.American officials would prefer to have the approval of Congress for any international agreement and fear that if the US signed up without it there would be a serious domestic backlash.Stephen Byers, co-chairman of the International Climate Change Taskforce, said: 'The Copenhagen climate change talks in December will come at a difficult moment. The timing couldn't really be worse for the Obama administration. It is vital that this is recognised by the inter

Barack Obama may be forced to delay signing up to a new international agreement on climate change in Copenhagen at the end of the year because of the scale of opposition in the US Congress, it emerged today.Senior figures in the Obama administration have been warning Labour counterparts that the president may need at least another six months to win domestic support for any proposal.Such a delay could derail the securing of a tough global agreement in time for countries and markets to adopt it before the Kyoto treaty runs out in 2012.American officials would prefer to have the approval of Congress for any international agreement and fear that if the US signed up without it there would be a serious domestic backlash.Stephen Byers, co-chairman of the International Climate Change Taskforce, said: 'The Copenhagen climate change talks in December will come at a difficult moment. The timing couldn't really be worse for the Obama administration. It is vital that this is recognised by the inter

Barack Obama may be forced to delay signing up to a new international agreement on climate change in Copenhagen at the end of the year because of the scale of opposition in the US Congress, it emerged today.Senior figures in the Obama administration have been warning Labour counterparts that the president may need at least another six months to win domestic support for any proposal.Such a delay could derail the securing of a tough global agreement in time for countries and markets to adopt it before the Kyoto treaty runs out in 2012.American officials would prefer to have the approval of Congress for any international agreement and fear that if the US signed up without it there would be a serious domestic backlash.Stephen Byers, co-chairman of the International Climate Change Taskforce, said: 'The Copenhagen climate change talks in December will come at a difficult moment. The timing couldn't really be worse for the Obama administration. It is vital that this is recognised by the inter

The Oscars will be presented a little later next year, officials announced today.

Bangladesh is setting up war crimes tribunals for long-delayed trials of people accused of murder, torture, rape and arson during its 1971 independence war.

Following a victory lap around the international Space station, Discovery departs for Earth having successfully delivered and installed a fourth and final set of solar array wings. Over three space walks, astronauts installed the solar array, increasing the space station's power by 25 percent to support increased ISS crews. - Having suffered through multiple launch delays and dodging space debrisonce finally underway, the space shuttle Discovery March 25 undockedfrom the ISS (International Space Station) and began its journey home.The shuttle is expected to land at the Kennedy Space Center in FloridaMarch 28....

Microsoft is again delaying the release of the anticipated upgrade to its Identity Lifecycle Manager 2.0 software that has been years in development.The software is now slated to ship between January and March 2010, a slip that has angered some partners and users.[ Learn how to secure your systems with Roger Grimes' Security Adviser blog and newsletter, both from InfoWorld. ]Some analysts, however, say Microsoft needs the time to ensure the product is right given the important role it plays in the identity infrastructure.ILM is Microsoft's platform for identity synchronization, certificate and password management, and user provisioning. It has four areas of focus: policy, credential, user and group management.ILM was originally called Microsoft Identity Integration Server and was the company's meta-directory technology, which it purchased from Zoomit in 1999.The 2.0 version includes a number of user self-service features, such as password reset. It also includes a new deleg

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has delayed an important element of its new listeria-testing policy in meat processing plants.

Asia's biggest oil and gas producer says it continues to explore resources, sees no project delays