http://www.nytimes.com/pages/global/index.html?partner=rss en-us Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:49:39 GMT http://graphics.nytimes.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gif http://www.nytimes.com/pages/global/index.html?partner=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iht/KHNc/~3/2LkrCfY_zqg/21chunnel.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/world/europe/21chunnel.html Eurostar stopped all its rail links between London, Paris and Brussels as cold weather caused chaos on the high-speed passenger line for a third day. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XZFNJ3hw14nBkCCD3QCTUxzLN1Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XZFNJ3hw14nBkCCD3QCTUxzLN1Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XZFNJ3hw14nBkCCD3QCTUxzLN1Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XZFNJ3hw14nBkCCD3QCTUxzLN1Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iht/KHNc/~4/2LkrCfY_zqg" height="1" width="1"/> By STEPHEN CASTLE Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:35:51 GMT Eurostar Channel Tunnel Travel and Vacations Europe Railroads Weather http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/world/europe/21chunnel.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iht/KHNc/~3/7zsKSuHcfzo/21scene.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/world/europe/21scene.html Caught off guard by the Copenhagen accord, European leaders felt pressure to back it even though they they thought did not go far enough and had a process in which they had little influence. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TyzvXkCeUFYialBGMGikumJRPDA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TyzvXkCeUFYialBGMGikumJRPDA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TyzvXkCeUFYialBGMGikumJRPDA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TyzvXkCeUFYialBGMGikumJRPDA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iht/KHNc/~4/7zsKSuHcfzo" height="1" width="1"/> By JAMES KANTER Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:06:16 GMT United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Global Warming Copenhagen (Denmark) European Commission http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/world/europe/21scene.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iht/KHNc/~3/OgSbAAkSdxI/21saab.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/business/global/21saab.html Spyker Cars, whose last-ditch bid for Saab was rejected Friday by General Motors, came back with a new offer. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4kI5qMozxM35oE_H0B-C-jZTMsU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4kI5qMozxM35oE_H0B-C-jZTMsU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4kI5qMozxM35oE_H0B-C-jZTMsU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4kI5qMozxM35oE_H0B-C-jZTMsU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iht/KHNc/~4/OgSbAAkSdxI" height="1" width="1"/> By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:51:54 GMT Saab Automobile AB General Motors Automobiles Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/business/global/21saab.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iht/KHNc/~3/FECQN5uB9SU/21cleric.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/world/middleeast/21cleric.html Iran’s most senior dissident cleric, Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, in Qom, Iran. He died Sunday. James Hill for The New York Times The senior Shiite cleric helped forge Iran’s system of religious government and became a critic of its rulers. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5V7-ztV2rHlbomspEkGneQt-IBM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5V7-ztV2rHlbomspEkGneQt-IBM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5V7-ztV2rHlbomspEkGneQt-IBM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5V7-ztV2rHlbomspEkGneQt-IBM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iht/KHNc/~4/FECQN5uB9SU" height="1" width="1"/> By ROBERT F. WORTH Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:38:55 GMT Montazeri, Hossein Ali Iran Islam Deaths (Obituaries) Freedom and Human Rights http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/world/middleeast/21cleric.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iht/KHNc/~3/8cy0J662nqc/21iht-nokia.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/technology/companies/21iht-nokia.html Nokia’s flagship store in New York. The Finnish technology giant sued Apple, Samsung, LG and eight other competitors within six weeks beginning in October. Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times When Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, sued 11 competitors, it said it was conducting a routine defense of its intellectual property. But the suits were far from standard. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h06VlU8FI5hORv9J2lH_R3BxQxg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h06VlU8FI5hORv9J2lH_R3BxQxg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h06VlU8FI5hORv9J2lH_R3BxQxg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h06VlU8FI5hORv9J2lH_R3BxQxg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iht/KHNc/~4/8cy0J662nqc" height="1" width="1"/> By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:12:01 GMT Nokia Oyj Cellular Telephones Science and Technology Telephones and Telecommunications http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/technology/companies/21iht-nokia.html