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World leaders spruik climate deal chances
abc ^
| Sat Nov 28, 2009
| Hayden Cooper
Posted on 11/30/2009 1:39:23 PM PST by george76
Hopes for a new global climate pact have risen after rich nations at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago offered to help poorer countries bear the costs of implementing any deal.
Commonwealth countries are home to two billion people, or a third of the planet's population - including major global players like Britain and India, and smaller island states like Nauru and the Maldives.
The United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen joined 53 Commonwealth leaders to work on the issue of climate change ahead of next month's conference in Copenhagen.
"Success in Copenhagen is in sight," UN chief Ban Ki-moon told the summit.
He and Mr Rasmussen praised a move by Britain and France to launch a multi-billion-dollar fund for developing nations.
Mr Rasmussen said it was now "realistic" to expect Copenhagen to result in the framework for a treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012.
Much of the new momentum for a climate deal stemmed from a joint overture by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Mr Sarkozy.
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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Business/Economy; Canada; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: climate; copenhagen; globalwarming; spruik
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posted on
11/30/2009 1:39:25 PM PST
by
george76
To: fanfan; steelyourfaith; xcamel
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper faced growing international pressure to take action, with some activists even calling for Canada to be suspended from the Commonwealth.
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posted on
11/30/2009 1:40:37 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
To: george76; Thunder90; Entrepreneur; Defendingliberty; Nervous Tick; 4horses+amule; WL-law; ...
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posted on
11/30/2009 1:42:09 PM PST
by
steelyourfaith
(Time to prosecute Al Gore now that fellow scam artist Bernie Madoff is in stir.)
To: tongue-tied
spruik?Sounds kinda painful, doesn't it?
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posted on
11/30/2009 1:42:31 PM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: tongue-tied
Spruik...the sound a malfunctioning beeber makes when you try to use it on stune.
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posted on
11/30/2009 1:42:44 PM PST
by
Nik Naym
(Palin. Palin. Palin. Palin. Got that? Palin.)
To: tongue-tied
yes, it does say “spruik”. unfortunately the database that tells what spruik means has been lost, so you have to go with the emails.
To: facedown
A moose once spruiked my sister...
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posted on
11/30/2009 1:43:28 PM PST
by
dirtboy
To: tongue-tied
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posted on
11/30/2009 1:44:17 PM PST
by
steelyourfaith
(Time to prosecute Al Gore now that fellow scam artist Bernie Madoff is in stir.)
To: beebuster2000
It's Australian: promote: to promote goods, services, or a cause by addressing people in a public place
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posted on
11/30/2009 1:44:38 PM PST
by
dirtboy
To: george76
Can you conjugate the verb “to spruik”?................please............
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posted on
11/30/2009 1:45:10 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Al Gore is the Bernie Madoff of environmentalism. He belongs in jail. - Unknown Blogger)
To: Red Badger; Fred Nerks; DieHard the Hunter; BIGLOOK; LucyT; jazusamo
We need an expert :
Can you conjugate the verb “to spruik”?..
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posted on
11/30/2009 1:50:21 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
I SPRUIKED YESTERDAY..........
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posted on
11/30/2009 1:52:19 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Al Gore is the Bernie Madoff of environmentalism. He belongs in jail. - Unknown Blogger)
To: facedown
I had a severe case of spruik once, took me a week to finally get my stomach settled.
To: beebuster2000
I think it's kinda like spork. As in...
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posted on
11/30/2009 1:52:29 PM PST
by
lonevoice
(If Fox News is the only outlet reporting it, did it really happen?)
To: beebuster2000
I’ll be darned...it is a real word.
To: dirtboy
It's Australian
Those Aussies! Probably came up with the word after a case of Victoria Bitters and shooting roos by spotlight.
Mate! Did you see that?! I shot him and he still spruiked right over me truck!
To: george76; steelyourfaith; xcamel
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper faced growing international pressure to take action, with some activists even calling for Canada to be suspended from the Commonwealth.So suspend us already! :-)
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posted on
11/30/2009 1:58:06 PM PST
by
fanfan
(Why did they bury Barry's past?)
To: tongue-tied
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posted on
11/30/2009 1:58:42 PM PST
by
blam
To: george76
even calling for Canada to be suspended from the Commonwealth. So what does that mean exactly? No more Queen Elizabeth on Coins? Sounds great, I'll order some of those Palladium Maple Leafs then!!
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posted on
11/30/2009 2:03:02 PM PST
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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