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EU leaders seek to break deadlock on climate aid

In this photo taken on Wednesday Oct. 28, 2009 an oil refinery is seen in the port of Antwerp, Belgium. EU leaders will hold two day summit talks beginning on Thursday, Oct. 29, 209. On the agenda are solving Czech President's misgivings over signing a reform treaty and trying to reach an aid figure to offer poor countries at global climate change talks in December. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

BRUSSELS - Trying to forge a united stand on climate change, the 27-nation European Union considered a new proposal Friday that would let poorer eastern members pay less into a climate change aid fund than the bloc's leading countries. Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor

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  1. Europe is making three conditional offers — money on the table, saying we will do everything we can to make a climate change agreement happen, and help for developing countries into that agreement ... Now we want other countries to respond to what we're doing.
    Gordon Brown – Gordon Brown SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor 3 weeks ago
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    Gordon Brown – Gordon Brown SOURCE: To The Center 3 weeks ago
  3. They make possible a Copenhagen deal that will encourage other countries to make themselves ambitious efforts
    Gordon Brown – Gordon Brown SOURCE: KansasCity.com 3 weeks ago
  4. Europe has committed to increasing its overseas aid spending to 0.7% of national income. Climate financing must be in addition to this. If not, rich countries are simply asking the world’s poor to choose between building flood defenses or health centres and schools
    SOURCE: Oxfam 3 weeks ago
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  4. BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC - NOVEMBER 18: (L-R) European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, Speaker of the Slovenian National Assembly, France Cukjati and Speaker of the Swedish Riksdag Per Westerberg during a meeting at the Slovak Parliament (NR SR) building on November 18, 2009, in Bratislava,...
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