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The world in brief

Posted: December 2, 2012 at 3:48 a.m.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “We think the Western countries are not serious about cutting emissions. Their actions are our survival. If they act positively, then we survive; negatively, we perish.” Dorchas Moeketsi, climate activist from the African nation of Lesotho, amid a peaceful march in Doha, Qatar, where nearly 200 countries are debating how to slow global warming Article, 9A

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