China and a bloc of developing nations on Monday accused rich countries of trying to kill off the Kyoto Protocol, the only international treaty in force that fights global warming.

Not many of the 100 heads of state who met in New York on 22 September will be around in 2050

UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon said on Saturday negotiators had just 10 days left to secure a global climate deal and governments must not be hindered by domestic troubles.

The United Nations hopes to bring 190 governments together in early December in Copenhagen to finalise a deal on greenhouse gas emissions to replace provisions of the Kyoto Protocol expiring in 2012.

IT WOULD appear that India need not worry about being the

New Delhi: Differences between the rich and the developing countries have turned into entrenched battle lines at climate negotiations in Bangkok, with the EU backing the contentious proposal of the US to do away with the Kyoto Protocol

INDIA STRESSES FUNDING BY DEVELOPED WORLD TO MEET THE COST OF TAKING UP MITIGATING ACTIONS