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What are the chances for a new agreement Expectations for Copenhagen have diminished in recent months, with the possibility of a legally binding c stanley cup limate deal effectively pulled off the table by several stanley cup world leaders, including President Barack Obama. But the U.S., China and India have all released proposed emissions reductions goals in the run-up to the summit, injecting new energy into the proceedings.President Obama also upped the ante on his appearance at Copenhagen when he switched his travel plans to appear on the final day of the summit, Dec. 18, instead of Dec. 9, on his way to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.The outcome of the climate summit now looks likely to be a political agreement on a framework and targets for a legally binding deal to be completed in 2010.Who are the key players and where do they stand on emissions The U.N. top climate official, Yvo de Boer, heads the international negotiations on climate change and set the agenda for the summit. He has urged developed countries to set ambitious emission reduction targets, including cutting emissions by at least 50 percent from 2000 levels by 2050 and setting a peak for global emissions in the next 10 to 15 years. Going into the Copenhagen, here is how major play stanley cup ers line up:The United StatesThe U.S., the second largest contributor of fossil fuel emissions in the world after China, enters the negotiations as one of the only major world powers that did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Th Wcor Daughter of influential Russian nationalist killed in Moscow car bombing
Bill Cosby lawyers are fighting to let jurors at his sexual assault retrial hear from a woman who says accuser Andrea Constand talked about making up allegations so she could sue and get money.Lawyer Becky James argued at a preliminary hearing on Thursday that Marguerite Jackson testimony shows Constand state of mind before she went to police with allegations Cosby drugged and molested her in 2004.Constand lawyer has sai stanley cup d Jackson is not telling the truth.Jackson worked with Constand at Temple University.Jackson says Constand talked about wanting to set up a high-profile person after seeing a television news report about a celebrity accused of violating women.Prosecutors say Judge Steven O ;Neill should block her testimony like he did in the first trial because it would be h adidas samba earsay. Left: Actor and comedian Bill Cosby arrives for the sixth day of deliberations in his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 17, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Related yeezy Judge declares mistrial in Cosby case By Michael D. Regan Bill Cosby charged with sexual assault stemming from 2004 al |
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