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China announces plans to lower carbon emissions relative to the size of its economy by as much as 45 percent by 2020, according to an official news agency, indicating a possible breakthrough in long-stalled international climate negotiations. (AP)
Twenty-five years after poisonous plumes of chemicals leaked from a Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, survivors are protesting a government plan to admit site access to the public.
Surprise agreement between political factions may avoid veto that would further delay next year's parliamentary elections.
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