UN Envoys in Final Push for Climate Deal as Deadline Looms

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Envoys inched toward a deal at United Nations global-warming talks in Doha after working through the night to settle differences on climate aid and fossil-fuel emissions, paving the way to a new treaty by 2015.

“The contours of the package are becoming clear,” Fahad Bin Mohammed Al-Attiya, a diplomat from Qatar presiding over the talks, told delegates today during an informal meeting to take stock of progress. “It’s clearly within reach.”