No accord at Paris climate meeting as more talks planned

April 18, 2008 By ANGELA CHARLTON, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Negotiators from the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases wrapped up another round of climate talks Friday by clashing over how deeply to cut the heat-trapping gases they put into the atmosphere.

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