Middle East

• Carbon dioxide increases in 2007
  AP ( 20, 2008)
  WASHINGTOIN (AP) - The Energy Department reports that carbon dioxide emissions increased by 1.6 percent last year with most coming from residential and commercial energy use. Emissions from transportation and industrial sources were essentially flat, compared to 2006.
   
  
• Audit: FBI didn't join harsh terror interrogations
  AP ( 20, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A Justice Department audit of terror interrogations at three military bases overseas concluded Tuesday that FBI agents refused to participate when detainees were questioned under harsh and potentially illegal methods.
   
  
• Oil crosses $129 for first time, heads for $130
  AP ( 20, 2008)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices spiked to a new trading high Tuesday, sweeping toward $130 a barrel as supply concerns intensified the momentum buying that has lifted crude deeper into record territory.
   
  
• US: Myanmar's storm response appalling
  AP ( 20, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior U.S. diplomat said Tuesday that Myanmar's military-led government will be responsible for a second catastrophe if thousands of desperate cyclone survivors die because the junta continues to bar foreign aid and disaster workers.