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Wed Dec 9, 10:37 AM ET

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Activists supporting the tiny Pacific island of Tuvalu demonstrate in the lobby of the Bella center demanding a better deal for all island states at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The Pacific island of Tuvalu has been rebuffed at Copenhagen after demanding strong action to curb global warming.Tuvalu proposed amending the U.N. climate treaty to require the world's nations to keep the rise in temperatures to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F) above preindustrial levels.

(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)