US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

Climate-change chief urges Japan to be independent of U.S.

Climate-change chief urges Japan to be independent of U.S.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch Environment Minister Jan Pronk speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in The Hague on June 11. Pronk, president of the sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, urged Japan and other U.S. allies to be independent in setting their positions for international talks on climate change.

Kawaguchi, Pronk to keep seeking U.S. return to Kyoto pact

Kawaguchi, Pronk to keep seeking U.S. return to Kyoto pact

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) and Jan Pronk, current chief of U.N.-sponsored talks on climate change, talk at the U.N. headquarters April 19. They agreed to continue efforts to bring the United States back to negotiations over the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on global warming.

Climate-change chief urges Japan to be independent of U.S.

Climate-change chief urges Japan to be independent of U.S.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch Environment Minister Jan Pronk speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in The Hague on June 11. Pronk, president of the sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, urged Japan and other U.S. allies to be independent in setting their positions for international talks on climate change.

Kawaguchi, Pronk to keep seeking U.S. return to Kyoto pact

Kawaguchi, Pronk to keep seeking U.S. return to Kyoto pact

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) and Jan Pronk, current chief of U.N.-sponsored talks on climate change, talk at the U.N. headquarters April 19. They agreed to continue efforts to bring the United States back to negotiations over the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on global warming.