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Kerry in Indonesia to talk climate change


 JAKARTA, Indonesia
(AP) U.S. Secretary
of State John Kerry is
in Indonesia to discuss
climate change and press
authorities in Jakarta and
throughout Asia to step
up efforts to combat it.
 Kerry is to deliver a
speech on the matter
here on Sunday, a day
after winning an agree-
ment with China to
cooperate more closely
in reducing the effects
of climate change. U.S.
officials are hoping that
other nations, particu-
larly those in the devel-
oping world, will follow
suit.
 In his speech, Kerry


will make the case that
climate change is real
and is "pushing the plan-
et toward a tipping point
of no return, threatening
not just the environment,
but the global economy
and our way of life," a
senior State Department
official said. Kerry will
also highlight ways in
which Asian countries
are particularly affected,
the official said, speaking
on condition of anonym-
ity because he was not
authorized to preview
the speech publicly.
 Kerry arrived in
Indonesia on Saturday,
shortly after the U.S.
and China issued a joint


statement saying they
had agreed on steps to
carry out commitments
to curb greenhouse gases
that trap solar heat in the
atmosphere. The steps
include reducing vehicle
emissions, improving
energy efficiency of
buildings and other
measures.
 China and the United
States are the biggest
sources of emissions
of carbon dioxide and
other gases that cause
the atmosphere to trap
solar heat and alter the
climate. Scientists warn
such changes are already
leading to drought, wild-
fires, rising sea levels,


melting polar ice, animal
extinctions and other
extreme conditions.
 The two governments
will "contribute signifi-
cantly to successful 2015
global efforts to meet this
challenge," the statement
said.
 It cited the "over-
whelming scientific
consensus on climate
change and its worsening
impacts, and the related
issue of air pollution
from burning fossil
fuels," and said the two
countries recognize the
urgent need for action.
 Beijing and
Washington launched
the U.S.-China Climate


 AP PHOTO
Secretary of State John Kerry steps off his plane after arriving at
Halim Air Field on Saturday, in Jakarta, Indonesia.


Change Working Group
last year. They promised
progress in five areas -
reducing vehicle emis-
sions, advanced electric


power grids, capturing
and storing carbon
emissions, gathering
greenhouse gas data and
building efficiency.


Venezuelan opposition leader


arrest sought


 CARACAS, Venezuela
(AP) -Venezuelan
President Nicolas Maduro
said Saturday that a police
manhunt was underway
for Leopoldo Lopez, the
hard-line opposition
leader behind anti-gov-
ernment demonstrations
that ended with three
deaths.
 Lopez "ordered all these
violent kids, which he
trained, to destroy the
prosecutor's office and
half of Caracas and then
goes into hiding," the
socialist president told
thousands of supporters


at a rally in Caracas to
denounce what he called
a U.S.-backed, "fascist"
plot to oust him from
power. "Turn yourself in
coward."
 The president said
security forces acting on
a Feb. 12 arrest order are
now looking for Lopez,
who hasn't been seen
since aWednesday night
press conference in which
he vowed that anti-gov-
ernment street protests
would continue.
 Maduro didn't men-
tion Lopez by name,
referring to him only by a


frequently-used disparag-
ing nickname, the throne,
to denote what he consid-
ers the Harvard-trained
politician's haughty
political ambitions.
 Still, his comments
seemed to confirm a
report Thursday by local
newspaper El Universal,
which published what it
said was a leaked copy
of an arrest order for
Lopez on charges ranging
from vandalism of public
property to terrorism.
 While Cabinet offi-
cials and Maduro have
blasted Lopez all week


as the mastermind of
Wednesday's student-led
protests that ended in
clashes with police and
pro-government militias,
no official had until now
confirmed authorities
were looking to arrest
him.
 Aides to Lopez denied
he's ducking arrest and
say he remains in the
country. His lawyers,
who've been unable to
gain access to the alleged
arrest order, have urged
him to refrain from
making public statements
until one materializes.


 AP PHOTO
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a rally on
Bolivar Avenue in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday. The
signs read in Spanish "People of peace.":' Maduro said a police
manhunt is underway for opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, and
denounced what he said is a "fascist" plot to oust him from power.


Al-Qaida-linked militants threaten Mali as France cuts force


 GAO, Mali
(Bloomberg News) -As
Ali Aboubacar Maiga
sold red onions and po-
tatoes in this northern
Malian town, he shook
his head at France's
decision to start with-
drawing soldiers a
year after they routed
al-Qaida-linked Islamist


militants.
 "We don't want
France to leave. The
more security we have
the better," Maiga, a
46-year-old farmer, said
in an interview in the
central market, which
the French rebuilt after
it was destroyed in
fighting. "Nowadays


we can work, it is way
better than it used to be
during the occupation."
 France is reducing
the number of its
troops in the West
African nation to 1,000
from 2,500 now, with
President Francois
Hollande saying on
Jan. 8 the intervention's


objectives "have been
largely achieved." Yet
security in the north of
Africa's third-biggest
gold producer, especial-
ly towns such as Gao,
1,200 kilometers (745
miles) from the capital,
Bamako, is precarious.
 Ethnic clashes earlier
this month near Gao


killed at least 24 people,
while four International
Committee of the Red
Cross workers and a
veterinary assistant dis-
appeared Feb. 8 while
traveling to the city. An
al-Qaida-linked militant
group claimed to have
kidnapped them.
 Another militant


group, al-Qaida in the
Islamic Maghreb, said
it killed two French
reporters in November
in the town of Kidal,
about 388 kilometers
north of Gao, and
detonated a bomb the
next month that left two
UN peace-keepers dead
in the city.


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