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Reuters World News Highlights at 1755 GMT, Sep 22

Published: 22 Sep 2009 16:34:25 PST

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UNITED NATIONS - Chinese President Hu Jintao announced new goals on Tuesday to slow the growth in his country's carbon dioxide emissions while U.S. President Barack Obama warned time was short to act on global warming.

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WASHINGTON/KABUL - The Pentagon has told its top commander in Afghanistan not to ask for extra troops until the Obama administration completes a strategy review, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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TEHRAN - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a military parade in Tehran on Tuesday Iran would "cut off the hands" of anyone who attacked the country.

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LONDON/PARIS - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Tuesday there was substantial support among the Group of 20 nations for creating a new framework to tackle global economic imbalances.

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NEW YORK - U.S. President Barack Obama will broker his first summit of Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday but is given little chance of achieving a breakthrough toward relaunching long-stalled peace talks.

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BEIJING - China plans to transform its naval and air forces to project power further from its shores, China's defence minister said a week before the nation puts on a massive military parade showcasing its strength.

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WARSAW - Poland's prime minister on Tuesday blamed his main political rival, President Lech Kaczynski, for an expected rise next year in the budget deficit and debt because of his opposition to spending cuts.

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JOHANNESBURG - The United States shut its embassy and other American government offices in South Africa on Tuesday due to an undisclosed security threat, but police said the situation was under control.

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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democrats pushed to make insurance reforms more affordable for workers and Republicans decried what they called a rush to judgment as debate opened on Tuesday on a sweeping healthcare overhaul.

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TEGUCIGALPA - Honduran troops and police clashed on Tuesday with hundreds of supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya outside Brazil's embassy where he took refuge after slipping back into the country in a bid to return to power.

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BERLIN - Cancer is a bigger killer in developing countries than tuberculosis, malaria and AIDS combined and a "tsunami" of the disease threatens to overwhelm the nations worst equipped to cope, experts said on Tuesday.