World leaders accused of myopia over climate change deal

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Senior officials and negotiators increasingly gloomy about the prospects for a global warming deal next month

The head of the international group leading the fight against climate change has accused countries of pushing science aside in favour of self-serving " political myopia" ahead of the vital Copenhagen summit....

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