World Leaders Agree To Delay Binding Climate Deal Until After Copenhagen

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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SINGU.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders on Sunday supported delaying a legally binding climate pact until 2010 or even later, under a compromise deal for next month's Copenhagen summit.

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