Further rifts emerge on day three of Copenhagen

James S Murray
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Split emerges between developing nations, as think-tank argues Danish text contained more ambition from industrialised countries than first thought

The rift between industrialised and developing nations at the Copenhagen Summit was complicated further this morning as cracks began to appear in the formerly united bloc of developing countries. A...

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