UN chief issues climate warning
Mr Annan told delegates the phenomenon was as grave a threat as conflict, poverty and the spread of weapons.
He said sceptics were "out of step, out of arguments and out of time".
And let's welcome Pakistan to the world of 18th Century Women's Rights:
Pakistan amends `unjust' rape laws
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's lower house of parliament passed amendments to the country's rape laws Wednesday, eliminating the death penalty for extramarital sex and revising a clause on making victims produce four witnesses to prove rape cases...
Consensual sex outside marriage remains a crime punishable by 5 years in prison or a $165 fine, said a parliamentary official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media...
Hina Jillani, a leading female Pakistani human-rights activist, praised the government for taking practical steps to amend the rape laws but demanded more legislation to protect women's rights...
The amendments include dropping the death penalty and flogging for people convicted of having consensual sex outside marriage and giving judges discretion to try rape cases in a criminal rather than Islamic court.
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