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Didn't take long for word to get out that the UN climate change talks underway in Valencia, Spain are already bogging down.

The French Press Agency is reporting that, "… there had been by sharp exchanges over what the document should include and whether it should reflect findings published after a cut-off date for new material."

The Australian Age is reporting that the report "… has been watered down as a result of influence from .

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The final edition of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on climate change will be released this week in Valencia, Spain and all eyes are on the largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world, the United States.

Optimism seems to abound. A Rueter's headline today announces that the "UN Panel's Global Warming Report May Win U.S. Support."

One of the chief US negotiators, John Marburger even went so far as to say "We haven't seen any problems in the drafts that we've seen.''