Obama hails Copenhagen deal as 'unprecedented breakthrough'

The climate change pact, which is not legally binding, sets the first emission limits for China and India and new targets for the U.S. Many activists and poor nations criticize the agreement. Leaders of the world's largest economies agreed late Friday to an accord on steps to curb greenhouse gas emissions, a deal hailed by President Obama as an "unprecedented breakthrough" in international...

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