Progress in the climate change summit in Copenhagen was in jeopardy Wednesday night with complex negotiations falling 18 hours behind schedule over failure to overcome disagreements on how to combat global warming. Outside the conference, police clashed with protesters, who broke through a security cordon in a failed to break in to the conference center. Climate secretary, Ed Miliband, warned of a “farce”.

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The divide between rich and poor countries boiled over Monday when negotiators for the Group of 77 — which represents developing countries as well as large emerging economies such as Brazil, India and China — walked out of the negotiations in the morning. ‘Inadequate aid offers from rich countries.’

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SOURCE: Wall Street Journal Tensions Increase as Poor Nations Stage a Protest