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Date: 2007-09-27 (Thursday)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice opened a conference of the world's 16 biggest emitters of greenhouse gas, pledging the United States took seriously the threat of global warming.

The 16 nations taking part are Australia, Britain, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and the United States, which together account for more than 90 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions.

Other representatives are Portugal, as current EU president, and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).






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