World Lens: Week in Review — Dec. 6

Laurent Gbagbo at the Hague and climate take center stage.

Jamaica to Reduce AIDS Discrimination With Amendments - Just in time for World AIDS Day 2011, Jamaica announced that amendments will be made to the Public Health Order to remove provisions that discriminate against people with HIV/AIDS.(Photo: ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Jamaica to Reduce AIDS Discrimination With Amendments - Just in time for World AIDS Day 2011, Jamaica announced that amendments will be made to the Public Health Order to remove provisions that discriminate against people with HIV/AIDS.(Photo: ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Ex-Ivory Coast President Faces Rape and Murder Charges - Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo was taken into custody at the International Criminal Court Wednesday, where he will face charges of crimes against humanity including murder and rape, stemming from his involvement in fueling post-election violence.\r \r(Photo: EPA/NIC BOTHMA /LANDOV)

Zambia Rejects Call to Arrest Bush\r - Despite passionate calls from Amnesty International to arrest former President George Bush when he arrives in the country on a tour to raise awareness about cervical and breast cancer, the southern African nation of Zambia has refused to do so.\r"On what basis does Amnesty International want us to arrest President Bush?" said Zambian foreign affairs minister Chishimba Kambwili.\r\r\r(Photo: Adrian Bradshaw - Pool / Getty Images)

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Zambia Rejects Call to Arrest Bush\r - Despite passionate calls from Amnesty International to arrest former President George Bush when he arrives in the country on a tour to raise awareness about cervical and breast cancer, the southern African nation of Zambia has refused to do so.\r"On what basis does Amnesty International want us to arrest President Bush?" said Zambian foreign affairs minister Chishimba Kambwili.\r\r\r(Photo: Adrian Bradshaw - Pool / Getty Images)

France Moves to Ban Prostitution - Change is in the wind for France's legal prostitution industry, as parliament is set to debate whether the country should now criminalize payment for sex.\r(Photo: LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images)

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France Moves to Ban Prostitution - Change is in the wind for France's legal prostitution industry, as parliament is set to debate whether the country should now criminalize payment for sex.\r(Photo: LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images)

Contaminated Water Leak at Japanese Nuclear Plant Raises Fears - Workers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility discovered a massive leak of radioactive water at the plant that suffered major damage in the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that occurred in March.\r(Photo: Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images)

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Contaminated Water Leak at Japanese Nuclear Plant Raises Fears - Workers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility discovered a massive leak of radioactive water at the plant that suffered major damage in the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that occurred in March.\r(Photo: Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images)

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U.S. Customs Snag Dominican Drug Ring in Million-Dollar Bust - Five nationals from the Dominican Republic were caught with $6.3 million in drugs near Puerto Rico when U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents stopped the cartel in a boat Saturday.\r(Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

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U.S. Customs Snag Dominican Drug Ring in Million-Dollar Bust - Five nationals from the Dominican Republic were caught with $6.3 million in drugs near Puerto Rico when U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents stopped the cartel in a boat Saturday.\r(Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

Scientists Discover “Twin Earth” - If scientists are right, “global” news may no longer be the most accurate term for news coming from out of the country.\rThis week NASA confirmed the discovery of its first potentially habitable alien world at the just-right range of distances that could allow liquid water to exist. The potentially habitable alien world, orbits a star very much like our own sun. \r\r\r(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Scientists Discover “Twin Earth” - If scientists are right, “global” news may no longer be the most accurate term for news coming from out of the country.\rThis week NASA confirmed the discovery of its first potentially habitable alien world at the just-right range of distances that could allow liquid water to exist. The potentially habitable alien world, orbits a star very much like our own sun. \r\r\r(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Eritrea Slapped With More Sanctions - The U.N. Security Council hit the African nation of Eritrea with additional sanctions for continuing to provide support to armed groups seeking to destabilize Somalia and other parts of the Horn of Africa.\r(Photo credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Africa Takes the Reins on Climate Change - Ahead of U.N.-sponsored climate talks, African nations banded together and plan to demand more from Western nations, given that they represent countries who have “contributed the least to climate change, and [are] among the least equipped to adapt to its adverse effects.”\r(Photo: ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Africa Takes the Reins on Climate Change - Ahead of U.N.-sponsored climate talks, African nations banded together and plan to demand more from Western nations, given that they represent countries who have “contributed the least to climate change, and [are] among the least equipped to adapt to its adverse effects.”\r(Photo: ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)

China Gets Real About Its Smog Problem - While Africa toughens its stance on outside polluters, China, one of the world’s biggest emissions producers, came to terms with its smog problem that has forced airlines to delay flights and commuters to drive with headlights on all day.\rReporters at the Durban climate summit say that China gave “the few glimmers of hope at the stalled negotiations” in Durban, where "photographers and television journalists swarmed around the chief Chinese negotiator, Xie Zhenhua, as he entered a news conference on Monday to announce his list of conditions for considering a legally-binding treaty on carbon emissions after 2020."\r\r(Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

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China Gets Real About Its Smog Problem - While Africa toughens its stance on outside polluters, China, one of the world’s biggest emissions producers, came to terms with its smog problem that has forced airlines to delay flights and commuters to drive with headlights on all day.\rReporters at the Durban climate summit say that China gave “the few glimmers of hope at the stalled negotiations” in Durban, where "photographers and television journalists swarmed around the chief Chinese negotiator, Xie Zhenhua, as he entered a news conference on Monday to announce his list of conditions for considering a legally-binding treaty on carbon emissions after 2020."\r\r(Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)