Rich countries bullying poorer ones, mud-slinging and back-stabbing - environmental summits can be viciousAt 8am on Wednesday 7 October, a smartly dressed fiftysomething Filipino woman took the escalator to the first floor of the UN building in Bangkok... ...full story at Guardian Unlimited
from Guardian Unlimited on Sat, Nov 07 2009
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