"The point is being made very loudly that African countries and the wider G77 bloc will not accept non-action on the Kyoto Protocol, and they're really afraid that a deal has been stitched up behind their backs, " he told BBC News.

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First is that the UK has a central bank that has proved itself willing and able to buy vast amounts of the British government's debt - and as you know the European Central Bank has been shouting very loudly that it would be both illegal and wrong for it to do the same.

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"But we can say very loudly and very clearly that the very idea of targeting victims and their families in their darkest hour is shameful, sickening and cruel, " she said.

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