Poor nations' fury over leaked climate text

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Leaked document known as "Danish text" divides rich and poor countries in Copenhagen


A leaked document known as the "Danish text" has driven an even deeper wedge between rich and poor countries embroiled in U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen.

The document, subtitled "The Copenhagen Agreement," proposes measures to keep average global temperature rises to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

Developing countries have reacted angrily to the text, alleging developed countries have worked behind closed doors to draft a document slanted in their favor.

"It's an incredibly imbalanced text intended to subvert, absolutely and completely, two years of negotiations. It does not recognize the proposals and the voice of developing countries," said Lumumba Stanislaus Dia Ping, the Sudanese ambassador to the Group of 77 developing countries.

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