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Reuters World News Highlights at 0604 GMT, Sep 23

Published: 22 Sep 2009 22:06:18 PST

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UNITED NATIONS - World leaders tried to inject momentum into climate change talks on Tuesday but new proposals by China and a rallying cry from U.S. President Barack Obama did little to break a United Nations deadlock.

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WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama has delayed a decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan because of doubts about its election and the legitimacy of its government, and is considering other options, officials said on Tuesday.

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BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have just enough support to form a centre-right coalition with the business-friendly Free Democrats , according to a new poll published on Wednesday.

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NEW YORK - An impatient U.S. President Barack Obama scolded Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday for not doing more to unblock the peace process and urged them to relaunch negotiations soon.

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BEIJING - China is appealling a World Trade Organisation ruling against its restrictions on imported films, books and other audio visual materials, adding to sparring following the United States' imposition of safeguard tariffs on Chinese-made tyres earlier this month .

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SINGAPORE - The hospitalisation of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a mass rally by supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and clashes in the northeast have put renewed focus on Thailand's political risk profile.

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SINGAPORE - Last week's killing of one of Asia's most wanted men, Noordin Top, was a coup in the decade-old battle against Southeast Asia's violent Islamist movements.

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TEGUCIGALPA - Honduran security forces clashed on Tuesday with thousands of supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya outside Brazil's embassy, where he took refuge after slipping back into the country aiming to retake power.

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TIJUANA, Mexico - U.S. authorities closed the world's busiest land border crossing for several hours on Tuesday after a shootout between suspected Mexican human traffickers and U.S. agents, U.S. officials said.