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Breaking: Tentative Deal Reached in Copenhagen

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Tumulus1112/18/2009 2:00:11 pm PST
‘The deal includes […] a transparency provision that will subject China, India and other fast-developing nations to international review of their self-reported progress on emissions limits …’

‘It comes after a tense two weeks of negotiations that had left diplomats and heads of state visibly frustrated this morning after a long night of talks.

And it is the culmination of a full-court press by the Americans to woo China, including dispatching fully half of the U.S. negotiators to focus on the Chinese, and a sharp rejoinder from Obama in a speech this morning to the leaders gathered here.

“We are ready to get this done today,” Obama said. “But there has to be movement on all sides.”


. Premier Wen blinked.