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Climate deal on knife edge as poor nations vent fury
COPENHAGEN (AFP) - A climate change deal woven by US President Barack Obama and other top leaders hung in the balance Saturday after smaller nations lashed the pact as a betrayal.
Nations:Denmark India Brazil South Africa People:Kevin Rudd Angela Merkel Barack Obama Activities:Holocaust
2009-12-19
Divided climate talks end in Copenhagen with deal
COPENHAGEN - The historic U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen ended Saturday after a 31-hour negotiating marathon, narrowly avoiding collapse by accepting a compromise that gives billions to poor nations to deal with global warming but does not require the world's major polluters to make deeper cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions.
Nations:Brazil Mexico Bolivia Venezuela India South Africa People:Nicolas Sarkozy Ban Ki-moon Gordon Brown Angela Merkel Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Activities:Holocaust
2009-12-19
US aid offer boosts deal at UN climate talks
COPENHAGEN - Large pieces of a climate deal fell into place Thursday with new offers from the U.S. and China, but other tough issues remained before President Barack Obama and other leaders can sign off on a political accord to contain the threat of an overheated world.
Nations:Denmark U.S. Mexico India Australia China People:Nicolas Sarkozy Angela Merkel Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Wen Jiabao Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting
2009-12-17
Little hope for last day of UN climate summit
COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Hopes for the last day of UN climate talks Friday were raised by a US pledge to a climate finance fund, but leaders still warned of failure amid debate on sharing the burden of carbon-emissions cuts.
Nations:Denmark U.S. India France China People:Hillary Clinton Jon Kyl Nicolas Sarkozy Ban Ki-moon Angela Merkel Barack Obama Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting
2009-12-17
Europe exceeds US in bank bonus crackdown
NEW YORK - Better to be a banker in New York than Europe this bonus season.
Nations:U.K. France People:Timothy Geithner Gordon Brown Angela Merkel Activities:Global Financial Crisis
2009-12-10
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