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Ash Brannon and Chris Buck come from animating Disney features. But for their first directing gig together they have gone with Sony Pictures Animation to deliver the penguin comedy

Admired for its green living, Japan has trouble meeting its limits for carbon dioxide emissions. Lifestyle changes and industry emissions contribute to the rising CO2 levels.

A State Department report obtained by NPR gives fresh evidence of entrenched corruption in the Iraqi government. The report finds that the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is not only failing to stop officials from committing crimes, it's hindering its own watchdog agency from conducting investigations.

Shangri-La conjures up images of an unspoiled utopia. But now Shangri-La really exists in the form of a quaint town in southwest China, its name inspired by the 1933 novel, Lost Horizon. But there's some trouble in paradise: millions of tourists.

The United States will engage in new international negotiations to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a plan President Bush announced Thursday. The president heads to Germany next week to discuss climate change with other world leaders.

In England the film's working title was 1984 & frac12;, and that provides a good indication of how Gilliam is about to offer his own variation of Orwell's novel. Gilliam presents us with an Orwellian future world but then adds a Walter Mitty-like character filtered through Kafka or Dostoevsky. Mix in ample helpings of darkly absurd comedy, romance, fantasy, social satire and a provocative ending, and you'll begin to get a taste of the exhilarating cinematic concoction Gilliam is whipping up.

President Bush named Robert Zoellick as the next president of the World Bank. Zoellick was President Bush's first Trade Representative and then the No. 2 official at the State Department. He will replace Paul Wolfowitz, who resigned two weeks ago after a bitter battle over charges of ethical lapses. Zoellick will have to heal a World Bank sharply divided over Wolfowitz's leadership.

The Mexican Government is asking for a seat at the table as United States lawmakers hammer out immigration reform. KPBS Reporter Erik Anderson has details.

The next attorney general will inherit a wounded institution marred by scandal, desertions by senior staff, extremely low morale and a host of thorny issues, ranging from immigration to the treatment of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay.

The Port of San Diego has been keeping two different books for their expenses. One of them has not shown million-dollar losses for years.