NY+Times+27+nov

 **** __China Joins U.S. in Pledge of Hard Targets on Emissions__ **** By EDWARD WONG and KEITH BRADSHER President Obama and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will attend the Copenhagen climate talks and have pledged new greenhouse gas emission targets.

**** __Taliban Open Up Front in Once-Quiet Afghan North__ **** By CARLOTTA GALL Militants have had a resurgence in Kunduz, a province that American and Afghan officials did not think they had to worry about.

****BRAIN POWER**** **** __Surgery for Mental Ills Offers Hope and Risk__ **** By BENEDICT CAREY More than 500 people have undergone brain surgery for problems like depression, anxiety, Tourette’s syndrome, even obesity, most in studies. **** __U.N. Nuclear Agency Calls Iran Inquiry ‘Dead End’__ **** By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD The declaration may help American efforts to have Russia and China join in approving new economic sanctions.

**** __Poverty Could Imperil the Amnesty in Niger Delta__ **** By ADAM NOSSITER Two months after Nigeria’s leaders declared an amnesty program for armed vigilantes a success, there are signs a relative quiet may not last.

**** __South Korea Admits Civilian Killings During War__ **** By CHOE SANG-HUN Authorities executed at least 4,900 civilians suspected of communist sympathies at the start of the Korean War. **** __Obamas’ Uninvited Guests Prompt an Inquiry__ **** By HELENE COOPER and BRIAN STELTER The Secret Service is investigating how a Virginia couple found their way into President Obama’s first state dinner.

**** __Trying to Explain a Drop in Infant Mortality__ **** By ERIK ECKHOLM Mothers in Dane County, Wis., are the subject of a study by researchers into the large racial gap in infant deaths.

**** __Millions of Pounds of Dead Carp for Sale in Utah__ **** By KIRK JOHNSON Utah wants to remove about 50 million pounds of carp from Utah Lake to restore the ecological balance and help the endangered June sucker. **** __Dubai’s Move on Debt Rattles Markets Worldwide__ **** By DAVID JOLLY and KATE GALBRAITH Dubai’s request to suspend debt repayments sent European markets spiraling downward, though some analysts suggested fears of contagion were unfounded.

**** __U.S. Is Unlikely to Use All the Ethanol Congress Ordered__ **** By MATTHEW L. WALD When Congress mandated in 2007 that refiners blend a rising volume of ethanol into gasoline, fuel consumption had been growing for years. Then came the recession.

**** __Ex-UBS Banker Seeks Billions for Blowing Whistle__ **** By LYNNLEY BROWNING Bradley C. Birkenfeld, who helped American clients illegally evade taxes and then helped the United States government find them, could reap a giant reward.