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YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — One of the main authors of today's report by a United Nations climate panel says "we're all sitting ducks." More than 100 governments unanimously approved the scientist-written 49-page summary that concludes the already noticeable harms of global warming could spiral "out of control" if heat trapping gases aren't reduced. The report notes that while no one is immune, the consequences are likely to be very uneven and impact the poor the most.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A large study in Sweden concludes that a simple blood test plus the usual electrocardiogram are 99 percent accurate at showing which patients can safely be sent home after going to emergency rooms with chest pain. Of nearly 9,000 patients judged low risk, only 15 went on to suffer a heart attack in the next month, and none died. The study is in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The test is widely available, but not in the United States.
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Searchers continue to be frustrated as debris being spotted and picked up in the Indian Ocean turns out to have no connection to a missing Malaysian airliner. Australian officials say the latest items spotted are fishing gear. The prime minister says the search will continue indefinitely.
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea (AP) — Russia's prime minister is promising a quick influx of cash for Crimea. Dmitry Medvedev led a delegation of Cabinet ministers to Crimea today promising residents would see positive changes. He says Russia will quickly boost salaries and pensions and pour in resources to improve education, health care and local infrastructure.
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech investigators say the explosion that killed the ambassador at the Palestinian Embassy complex in Prague was not caused by a booby-trapped safe as previously believed. Police now say the blast that killed Ambassador Jamal al-Jamal on Jan. 1 did not happen inside the safe and no explosive device was part of the safe. The cause of the explosion remains unclear.
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