The Hague rules also govern the agencies' accreditation.

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Negotiators are struggling in The Hague this week to hammer out rules on implementing a pact sealed in Kyoto, Japan, three years ago that set targets for cutting greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide implicated in climate change.

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Mr Hague does not want to provoke his Europhiles into splitting, and so rules out the single currency only for the duration of the next parliament.

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