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Slow progress at Copenhagen talks
 There have been ongoing protests throughout the two-week conference |
Talks remain deadlocked at the climate summit in Copenhagen with just two days left to seal a global emissions pact.
Developed and developing nations remain at odds over who should cut emissions, how deep the cuts should be, and how much aid should go to poor countries.
But there has been some progress - wealthy nations pledged new funds to bankroll the war on global warming.
Dozens of world leaders are due to join the talks on Thursday, hoping to sign a new climate pact on Friday.
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, who arrived in the Danish capital on Wednesday evening, said his attendance showed the importance China attached to a deal.
"I hope that the summit will yield a fair, reasonable, balanced and achievable result through the joint efforts of all parties," Mr Wen said in an official statement.
Speakers lined up to address Thursday's summit include German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
US President Barack Obama is due to attend the final day of the meeting on Friday, when some 120 world leaders try to lay out a strategy to deal with climate change after the end of 2012, when obligations run out under the landmark Kyoto Protocol.
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