WASHINGTON - PRESIDENT Barack Obama turned to cyberspace on Thursday for an Internet town hall meeting, hoping to deepen support for his broad and expensive assault on economic hard times.

Mr Obama kicked off a first-of-its-kind Internet-era town hall at the White House on Thursday.

LONDON - BRITAIN'S greenhouse gas emissions fell two per cent in 2008, firmly putting the country on course to meet its targets under the Kyoto Protocol, the government's environment agency said on Thursday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) - ERICSSON 3 won the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race on Thursday by arriving first in Rio de Janeiro to complete the longest stage in the history of the competition.

The boat skippered by Magnus Olsson of Sweden managed to overcome an eight-hour deficit to the other boats after stopping for repairs before the leg began.