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China is surprise good guy at Durban climate conference

World's biggest carbon emitter says it might sign agreement to change its ways.

COP 17: Deal hopes slim as climate summit enters extra day

Optimism low, with South Africa blamed for summit's slow progress.

Hundreds of protesters march in on December 3, 2011 at the UN climate talks in Durban. The 12-day climate change conference will include talks between the representatives of 194 nations, under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) end on December 9.

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