Pressure mounts on US, India and China as Durban Summit prepares for long night

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Stand-off continues as diplomats prepare to extend summit into Saturday

The US, China and India are facing intense pressure to sign on to a new international deal that would see an ambitious agreement to reduce global emissions agreed by 2015 and legally enacted by 2020...

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