The EU puts a stake in the anti-piracy treaty, which can "no longer come back from the grave".

The parliament followed the recommendations of five of its committees that had examined the treaty.

For the first time, the U.S. has interpreted an existing treaty to include aggression in cyberspace as a trigger for international military cooperation.

Intel CEO Paul Otellini joined a call on Thursday for Group of Twenty (G-20) finance ministers and central bank governors to implement policies that encourage investment in environmentally friendly technologies and agree on a more effective climate treaty, the only head of a major high-technology to sign the letter drafted by the Copenhagen Climate Council.