US 'Not Ready' to Commit at Bali

Dec 09, 2007 By CHARLES J. HANLEY, AP Special Correspondent
US 'Not Ready' to Commit at Bali (AP)
Demonstrators chant under an effigy of the United states during a demonstration Saturday Dec. 8, 2007 in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Bali's capital to call for wealthy nations to be fairer to undeveloped countries in negotiating carbon emissions cuts. (AP Photo/Ed Wray)

(AP) -- The United States will come up with its own plan to cut global-warming gases by mid-2008, and won't commit to mandatory caps at the U.N. climate conference here, the chief U.S. negotiator said Saturday.



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