Faced with melting polar ice caps and worsening droughts, climate experts at a massive U.N. conference in Bali, Indonesia, urged quick action toward a new international pact that seeks to stem an increasingly destructive rise in world temperatures.

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The meeting in Oslo had been billed as a mini-pledging conference for quick impact humanitarian projects.

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He insisted the stand had been attracting plenty of interest, and not just from foot-sore conference goers wanting a drink and a quick lie-down on the bed.

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In a conference call they decided to take a two-tiered approach to their quick response.

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Speaking at a news conference, Obama called for quick action from Congress.

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"When you get this big of a drop, climbing out will not be quick, and it will be painful, " says Ken Goldstein, a Conference Board economist.

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Although the Nuggets have the fourth-best record in the Western Conference, no Denver player was selected for next Sunday's All-Star Game, a fact Karl is quick to point out.

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Ferguson, who revealed in a news conference on Tuesday that Rooney was not intending to extend his contract beyond the summer of 2012, said he wanted a quick resolution to the matter.

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We know that completing a treaty that will ban the production of fissile material will not be quick or easy - but the Conference on Disarmament must resume its work on this treaty as soon as possible.

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