Under these circumstances, argue some, it might be realistic to discard the Lusaka Protocol as a failure and to begin negotiations all over again.

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The union has interviewed two of the 18 teachers, and the accusations generally involve improperly coaching students and failure to follow testing protocol, he said.

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Given that from the outset the accord was criticized by environmental groups for setting its greenhouse gas reduction targets way too low, however, the fact that even the limited targets it did impose are now unlikely to be met suggest that, while not an absolute failure, the Kyoto Protocol is still far from being a success.

CNN: Kyoto: The next generation

The dispute was one reason for the failure of The Hague talks on the Kyoto Protocol last November.

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Another anti-economic aspect of the Kyoto protocol, in addition to its silence on trading, was its failure to put a cap on the costs of abatement: countries undertook to meet their targets regardless.

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UN's Kyoto protocol on climate change might seem a victory for Europe's greens, but it actually masks a larger failure.

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