Russian MPs ratify Kyoto treaty on global warming

[Physicist]

"The United Nations treaty, already backed by 126 countries, needed Russia's support before it could come into force.

The State Duma voted 334-73 to approve the treaty, which calls on signatories to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.

The protocol still has to pass through the upper parliament and be signed into law by President Vladimir Putin."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3943727.stm

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